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Post-Surgery Pictures

jmksnakes

jmksnakes

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Well, this is an update for poor Casey. She suffered from severe dystocia, she was only able to move her eggs to within a few scales from her vent. You can see other details on her from a previous post:
http://cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63616

I feel for you, Dean! We've had to deal with very similar troubles as he did on Brett, his butter stripe. We are also planning on keeping her as a pet, as the kids are quite attached to her and concerned.
 

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Ow!! Poor baby! I wouldn't have imagined that the incisions would have been made on the side.
 
Nanci said:
Ow!! Poor baby! I wouldn't have imagined that the incisions would have been made on the side.
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I believe it gives easier access to the oviduct. And I'm sure it's a little better to help keep the wounds sterile, instead of the wounds being in constant contact with the ground. It was a tedious surgery, because of course the oviduct has to be sutured before her scales are stitched up. It took 3 hours for the procedure!
 
Hope she makes it. Good luck.

This time of year is always fun seeing all the eggs but problems can happen too and it really sucks. I lost one of my adult het sunkissed lavenders a few weeks back....going into her pre-egg lay shed one day and then the next day she was dead. :shrugs:
 
MohrSnakes said:
This time of year is always fun seeing all the eggs but problems can happen too and it really sucks. I lost one of my adult het sunkissed lavenders a few weeks back....going into her pre-egg lay shed one day and then the next day she was dead. :shrugs:
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Jeez, Jeff... that's tough too. Sorry 'bout that, man.
 
Well, here we are almost a year later and she's doing super! Most of her scars are all but gone (got a couple close-ups of her scarring). She's weighed in at 550 grams today:cheers:
 

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Well, she looks happy! I'm sort of surprised there is such a scar. I hope she is being a very grateful pet!!
 
Aside from just a bit of scarring ... Casey looks great!
Am so glad that she made it ("back when") and is, apparently, doing very well these days.:)
 
She has to be one of the prettiest snakes I've ever seen! I don't think the scarring looks bad at all compared to the suture pics. I'm very glad she made it!
 
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