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The pic. of Joel R's. hondo is touching & I hope it is not to late for it. Well the material is in fact what is to become part of the intestinal tract of the snake once it is fully asorbed the skin heals right over leaving a little hardly noticable line(a belly button) being though it is the equivalent of an umbilical cord in most mammals. The catch is to not let it dry out I usually keep my slighty undeveloped young in the incubator a few extra days w/ the humidity & the material is asorbed. Put the young animal ,as it happens in all egg laying species that I've seen, on WHITE (no ink at all) paper towels inside a deli cup so it doesn't damage itself by moving around. It has worked for my clutches of anoles & kingsnakes. Remember don't let it dry out. Don't touch it except in extreme cases of tranfering herp to moist paper towel covered deli cup. Sorry for the reiteration but all life can be preserved if knowledged is shared & understood.

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Just to clarify a bit,,, there was more than yoke coming out of my hatchling, there were definite internal organs too.
It was repaired by an Awesome vet. Dr. Rossi. The snake is still doing well. The surgery was on the 3rd and it is still alive & moving around quite normally. Only time will tell, if the insides will work properly.

Thanks for the input.

Joel R

It is part of the intestinal tract like an umbilical cord is for use when we are in the womb tranfering nurishment from placenta to our digestive tract. The material(yolk sac) is attached to the egg wall so nurishment is tranfered to the snakes digestive system. When the young animal hatches( I don't know what causes this) before enough of it is asorbed as to what we recognize as the normal yolk sac (Which if you notice has blood vessels in it) then the actual intestinal tract comes out. I watched the asorbtion process when this has happened to my hatchlings as long as it remains moist the body will continue the normal process as if it were still in the egg.