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Hello all:

1st I want to thank those of you who sent me E-mails with your expirences and advice.
Here's the latest. Early this morning just for kicks I left a f/t fuzzy with my female. She ate it right away. the first meal since February. I had an appointment with the Vet today so I took her in. The vet noticed that the lumps which we did confirm with X-rays were eggs had been reduced significantly. I told her (the vet) That she ate a fuzzy this morning. The vet did a good examination and she is leaning to the idea that the snake may be reobsorbing the eggs.
She suggested feeding her and waiting some more before taking any action. Well, she just chowed down 3 F/T fuzzies and Small F/T rat. Hungry as all hell!!!
What do you all think about this ?

Thanks, Mark

Hi Mark, I am glad she is finally eating again. Once they have shelled the egg, I think it is nearly impossible for them to do much reabsorption. I had a similar event with a ratsnake that became egg bound. I ended up inserting a needle through the body wall and extracting as much yolk as possible. This did reduce the size of the eggs, but the female did not pass the smaller eggs and I was sure that I was going to lose her. However about 3 weeks after I had suck out some yolk, she passed the eggs on her own. That was two years ago and she bred and produced a good clutch last year and is still kicking as I write this. I am not suggesting you do this but I just wanted to tell my story.
Best wishes,
Bob

That is great news!!!
Hope she recovers fully for you.
Thanks for posting the info, that is reassuring for all of us breeding.

Hi all:
My female took her first craap in a long time. So, I'm starting to feel a lot better about this whole mess. I'm in the hole for well over $700.00 in vet bills.
We must be crazy (smile)

Mark