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Hatchling with Prolapsed Innards

PtDnsr Jul 24, 2007 06:08 PM

So this was my last flourescent hatchling - a full day after the one before came out. I thought at a very quick first glance that it had more yolk to reabsorb but obviously that wasn't the case at a closer look. The pictures aren't the best - they make it look dried out when it wasn't/isn't. This guy hatched a week ago and hasn't shed yet although the rest of the clutch has. I tried to push it back inside but when I did that he started to musk and in contracting muscles more innards started to come out so I quit REALLY quickly. Right now I'm just keeping him really humid/moist and on a bare bottom cage. I'm not bugging him too much because I don't want to stress him and make him musk again. We'll see what happens. He's still active and alert - not moving a ton that I can tell but he shows interest and strikes when I go near the cage. I'm hoping it will resolve on it's own although I don't have much hope, but we'll see what happens. Let me know if anyone has any ideas.

~Katie


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too many Corns
1.3 Columbian Red Tail Boa (Abu, Jasmine, Princess, and Baby)
1.0 Burmese Python (Merlin)
2.3 Western Hognose (Stumpy, Sir Hiss, Lizi, Nozi, and Gabbi)
0.2.3 Leopard Geckos (Cutie, Lily, and 3 babies)
0.1 Pac Man Frogs (Gordito)
0.2 Sulcatta Tortoise (Shelly and Tails)
2.4 Ball Pythons (Fluffy, Fred, ?, Betty, Aurora, and Zoey)

Replies (1)

draybar Jul 24, 2007 06:20 PM

>>So this was my last flourescent hatchling - a full day after the one before came out. I thought at a very quick first glance that it had more yolk to reabsorb but obviously that wasn't the case at a closer look. The pictures aren't the best - they make it look dried out when it wasn't/isn't. This guy hatched a week ago and hasn't shed yet although the rest of the clutch has. I tried to push it back inside but when I did that he started to musk and in contracting muscles more innards started to come out so I quit REALLY quickly. Right now I'm just keeping him really humid/moist and on a bare bottom cage. I'm not bugging him too much because I don't want to stress him and make him musk again. We'll see what happens. He's still active and alert - not moving a ton that I can tell but he shows interest and strikes when I go near the cage. I'm hoping it will resolve on it's own although I don't have much hope, but we'll see what happens. Let me know if anyone has any ideas.
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>>~Katie
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put it on damp paper towels for a few days or until it's first shed and it should be fine.
Since it is active and moving I think it should be fine anyway.
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"Resistance is futile"
Jimmy Johnson
(Draybar)
Draybars Snakes

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