hi, i had 9 corn snake eggs, 2 died, 6 look perfectly healthy but 1 of them seems to be in a very sorry state. he had trouble getting out of his shell so i helped him, he seemed stuck to the shell and compared to the other shells his one was extremely dry. after i carefully helped him out, his skin seemed really dry and almost like he has shedding stuck all over him, i gave him a small luke warm bath and put him with his brothers and sisters in his new home. the two most worrying things i noticed are under his skin he looks as if he is bleeding internally, obviously i'm not a vet but that's the only way i can describe it, and also, he appears to have broken something, which looks like his spine, just before his tail starts. his movement is awkward and his neck seems unusually skinny. he doesn't seem to be able to control his movement very well and he can't wrap his tail round my finger like the others do. what can i do to help him? do you think there's any chance of survival?
2006-09-08
22:17:27
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