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To breed or not to breed/projects/thoughts blah blah
- Thread starter bmm
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bmm
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A person on another forum
Mentioned their vet wanted to possible spay for a old corn that wouldn't stop laying clutches. But of course decided not too...this is what they posted:
"The vet would *consider* spaying a younger Corn, but won't risk it with a mature adult due to the number of ova. They take up about two-thirds of the body length - very radical surgery for an older Corn not in the best health. Also, he said that spaying was risky as ova are very delicate and if ruptured during surgery, there is a likelihood of septicaemia and death."
And no one has a reason to even spay young snakes as the risk is more than huge.
Another issue is that female colubrid snakes often don't produce eggs unless cooled for breeding (of course this is not 100% and many times people breed without brumating) so spaying them for that reason is another huge risk that outweighs any insignifigant reason.
anyways just wanted to post some info and blah blah thoughts.
bmm
Mentioned their vet wanted to possible spay for a old corn that wouldn't stop laying clutches. But of course decided not too...this is what they posted:
"The vet would *consider* spaying a younger Corn, but won't risk it with a mature adult due to the number of ova. They take up about two-thirds of the body length - very radical surgery for an older Corn not in the best health. Also, he said that spaying was risky as ova are very delicate and if ruptured during surgery, there is a likelihood of septicaemia and death."
And no one has a reason to even spay young snakes as the risk is more than huge.
Another issue is that female colubrid snakes often don't produce eggs unless cooled for breeding (of course this is not 100% and many times people breed without brumating) so spaying them for that reason is another huge risk that outweighs any insignifigant reason.
anyways just wanted to post some info and blah blah thoughts. bmm
PSYCOSNAKEMOM
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bmm... thanks for the info, what I was told was that it's a fairly simple procedure with low risk and that the reason this person considered it was because their female was doing serious physical harm, trying to get out of her cage, repeated nose banging with bleeding. I don't know if they followed through on the neutering or not.
I wouldn't want to be faced with this dilemma but it was in the back of my mind as a thought, well if my snakes were doing serious harm to themselves then I guess that's one option.
From what you guys are saying....the answer is no. I go with the thought of sphinx...if it an't broke...! Wonder what that other guy ended up doing??? Well we're a long way from problems here, but that's how and why the forum has been so helpful, with the sharing of ideas and information so that we all can make the best decisions for our snakes. Thanks again guys. Sam ~~~~~~:~
bmm... thanks for the info, what I was told was that it's a fairly simple procedure with low risk and that the reason this person considered it was because their female was doing serious physical harm, trying to get out of her cage, repeated nose banging with bleeding. I don't know if they followed through on the neutering or not.
I wouldn't want to be faced with this dilemma but it was in the back of my mind as a thought, well if my snakes were doing serious harm to themselves then I guess that's one option.
From what you guys are saying....the answer is no. I go with the thought of sphinx...if it an't broke...! Wonder what that other guy ended up doing???
Well we're a long way from problems here, but that's how and why the forum has been so helpful, with the sharing of ideas and information so that we all can make the best decisions for our snakes. Thanks again guys. Sam ~~~~~~:~
PSYCOSNAKEMOM
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Isn't it the truth~~~~:~
One of the beauties of diversity is the challenge of teaming towards solutions. As I continue to try and master my Snake communications skills I appreciate all the human help I can get. Thank you for your insight and willingness to share. sam ~~~~~:~
One of the beauties of diversity is the challenge of teaming towards solutions. As I continue to try and master my Snake communications skills I appreciate all the human help I can get. Thank you for your insight and willingness to share. sam ~~~~~:~