need some advice....

[jewel-dragons]

i hope somebody can help me....
the vets here in the netherlands can not tell me what to do...

one of my marcianus has very hard very big eggs in her.... and she has it for more than 6 months now.... (maybe longer?)
i think they are stoned wax eggs.
what can i do now? she is still eating sometimes,but i think she has a problem with it.
does anyone know this problem?
here some photo's what i mean....

[CrazyHedgehog]

sorry cant help on that...you have tried warm baths and gentle massage?

[jewel-dragons]

not yet,but the eggs are very big!!! REAL BIG!!!!!

[adamanteus]

All I can think of to help, is to try to use a syringe to get baby oil or similar into the cloaca, and then try to gently manipulate them out...... but they look REAL big, Kuno.

[reptileparadise]

my god Kuno, They look huge!
They first thing that sprung into mind was surgery...These look way to big to come out naturally...

[garterchick]

wow, i never saw anything like this. other than what was allready suggested, (warm bath, mineral oil) i can't think of anything to try. is she still passing stool? did you say the vet doesn't know what to do?

[Tori]

I've heard of people that used a syringe with a needle. They pierced the skin and into the egg, withdrawing the fluid from inside the egg to shrink it so that the female could pass it. Its the only thing I could think of if warm soaks and massage does not work.

[KITKAT]

If you can puncture the end of the egg without hurting the snake, and using warm water soaks and mineral oil, then hemostats will assist the passage by getting hold of the tip of the now deflated egg shell.

Don't pull... just use gentle teasing.

[drache]

that looks and sounds scary, Kuno
I'm keeping my fingers crossed
I hope you can help her

[Thamnophis]

Surgery is the only real option, Kuno.
The biggest risk is that this snake will never have young again.

I do not think that an injection with Oxytocine will help, but it is maybe something to try before surgery.