I hatched out a few pythons about 2 weeks ago, one of them still has a very small piece (maybe 1/8"
of umbilical cord sticking out. It has not gotten any smaller in a week? Any ideas? I have tried gently pushing on it.
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Umbilical cord wiill not go in
CaseyHulse
Jul 27, 2005 09:03 PM
Replies (3)
Corey Woods
Jul 28, 2005 08:38 AM
Tie it off with some dental floss. That will cut off the blood supply and it'll fall off. I usually do that after a couple days out of the egg if it's not totally gone.
Regards,
Corey
jyohe
Jul 28, 2005 07:23 PM
remember at times the cord has fallen off and the little piece sticking out is actually supose to be on the inside.
I had only one of them this year..I just pushed the little piece back in and it actually just stayed there.usually it doesn't stay in....this one healed in a day..oh.shoved it in and put it in a damp deli-cup so there was no drag / fiction on it to pull it out...the belly will jst slide in the cup.
I was going to glue the opening shut if necessary.but it stayed in
do not cut it if you do not know what cord it is......!
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it may be part of intestines.........
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MarkS
Jul 28, 2005 08:59 PM
>>remember at times the cord has fallen off and the little piece sticking out is actually supose to be on the inside.
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>>I had only one of them this year..I just pushed the little piece back in and it actually just stayed there.usually it doesn't stay in....this one healed in a day..oh.shoved it in and put it in a damp deli-cup so there was no drag / fiction on it to pull it out...the belly will jst slide in the cup.
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>>I was going to glue the opening shut if necessary.but it stayed in
>>
>>do not cut it if you do not know what cord it is......!
>>
>>......
>>
>>it may be part of intestines.........
>>-----
>>................Yea.that's what she said............................zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
