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HELLO ..I HAVE ANOTHER ALBINO SPECK THAT IS 25 HRS INTO LAYING NOW SHE HAS LAID 7 EGGS ALREADY.... AND IT IS VERY OBVIOUS THAT THERE IS ONE OR 2 STILL LEFT IN HER.. AND THEY LOOK LIKE THEY OR ONE IS TURNED SOMEWHAT SIDEWAYS.... IS THERE NETHING I CAN DO TO SAVE HER.. I HAVE CALLED EVERY VET WITHIN A 120 MILES AND NONE OF THEM CAN HELP ME..IM IN A VERY REMOTE AERA IN TX.... ANY AND ALL INFO ASAP WILL BE SO KIND... I HAVE HEARD OF PPL USING NEEDLES TO POKE THRU THE FEMALE AND TRY AND POP THE EGG AND HOPE SHE"LL PASS IT THAT WAY.. BUT CANT THEY THEN JUST ABSORB IT AND DIE FROM THAT...? MAN I DONT WANT TO LOSE HER....ANY AND ALL INFO ASAP WILL BE SO GR8 THANX MIKE...
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Give her a little more time before you do anything like another 24 hours or so. I had a egg bound Outer Banks King with some oddly turned eggs and I very gently manually kinda straightened them out. These were a bit harder so you would have to be very carful with yours as they are filled with liquid and are soft etc... Like I said give her some more time she may push it out herself.

Keith
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this happened with my desert king a couple of weeks ago.i worked with three experienced (by phone) herpers,one was a reptile vet.the following was tried1) i tried to push the egg/eggs back up and feel if there was two eggs or if they were turned wrong.(2) i gently but firmly tried putting steady pressure on the egg/eggs to move them out,no more than one minute at a time.careful not to put too much pressure on her spine.(3) i fed her two mice hoping the BM pressure would help push out the egg/eggs,she moved her bowls but the egg/eggs stayed.(4) the only vet in my area gave her a shot and said she was not "comfortable" with collasping the egg/eggs with a needle and syringe,by this time she was going down hill,was she comfortable with letting the snake die?(5) i went and bought some syringes and collasped the egg myself.this is tricky and invasive,should be a last resort.if you get to that stage email me with your phone number and i'll call you and walk you thru it.the thing that i learned from this experience was to NOT panic and save intervention for a last resort.good luck. twh49801@yahoo.com

So how is the snake doing after you did step #5?
Did you insert the need from the size or thru the belly?