Open chest hatchling snake

[KestrelJames]

@dbunn15 TO kill an animal, in the most humain way possible, get some dry ice, & a mason jar withj a wire mesh lid. DO NOT EVER put dry ice in an air tight contain, IT WILL EXPLODE, it becomes a bomb, & even accidentlally it's a felony. Anyway, get an ice chest, put thje jar in the ice chest for a few minutes - CO2 is heavier than the air you breathe. It will fill the ice chest up with CO2 gas. Animals lapse into unconsciousness in seconds & death within a minute. Or viniger & baking soda.

[neromydog]

yikes

[perpexel]

is freezing really a good way to euthanize considering they are cold blooded?

[serpwidgets]

@perpexel It was already unconscious.

[Tayjar88]

How did that happen thats wierd

[RayKanen69]

That is so sad, poor thing. :(

[gothchik666]

aww poor little thing. :/

[MrTalkire]

is it alive

[feebix]

How long did that survive for?

[feebix]

I`ve had eggs full of bits like hearts and livers and stuff but this is incredible. Almost like a hair lip gene in snakes but with the chest. Huh... That`s mad. I bet your eyes nearly fell out of your head! I often wonder when I`ll get a two headed snake or something, that`s actually a fairly common deformitiy in snakes too......

[serpwidgets]

@feebix There is a common process in embryo development when the left/right halves fuse in back and front. It starts by the head and works its way down like a zipper. This type of defect is relatively common (compared to other defects that I've seen.) I also hatched a two-bodied (as opposed to two headed) ghost corn.

[serpwidgets]

@dbunn15 What do you think you're going to hit from ten yards away? The snake is smaller than a pencil. And what makes you think it would be "fast" if you miraculously hit anything?

[tier88]

poor snake baby .

[AlbinoWolfCub]

aw poor little squirt

[HauntedBatrachian]

interesting, yet odd.. it was smart to video-document this before taking any other action, though. i've actually never seen that before... ever.

euthanasia was the prudent way to go. well done, and sorry for the loss.

[BallPythonCrazy]

sorry bout loseing it

thats strange ive never seen that happen before

[LoftLizard]

thanks for posting and for not going to any extremes measure to save the snake.... you did the humane thing.

[serpwidgets]

Thanks. And thanks for reading the description! I was beginning to think it was only visible to me. LOL

[serpwidgets]

No idea, but it may be too small for such a complex surgery. Shrug.

[breakneck12]

Ah man, that's hard to watch as I have a hatchling that is similar in coloring.

I'm glad you put it down by freezing. I hear that and co2 are the most humane methods to use.

[apricotzombie]

its sad that he was born like that, but i must agree that this video is very interesting.

[stefx337]

awhhh poor thing D:

[serpwidgets]

It even says in the video to read the description before posting your comment.

WTF @ poking its heart with a needle.

[dreamingsnake]

i have a corn snake and this is so sad i couldnt imagine this happening to my baby

[Tsuguayme]

Oh my goodness, that looks horrible, poor baby didn't choose to be born that way. But it looks really neat and cool. (Eheh sorry) But still poor baby.

[Sk8terboyzgurl77]

that poor baby, looks like some-one went & flipped he/she inside out just about...poor thing:(

[DiamondFalcon10]

I had no idea this could happen. Its rare right?

[serpwidgets]

Please read the description before posting comments.

[SNTReptiles]

Wow.. the quality of people on here is astounding.. you have the patience of a mother Serp ;) Thanks for posting this.. very interesting.

[snakesandpythons]

poor thing

[nancynickeson]

oh poor baby if i was a doctor i would have tried to save it

[robhalex]

theres absolutely nothing you can do for it even if u wer a doctor or possible even a VET

[alejin3]

snakes beverly feel pain. so chill... everybody.

[serpwidgets]

Snakes do feel pain.

Who is beverly?

[alejin3]

i ment bearly. and i am not saying they dont feel pain. snakes like any other living thing have a nervous system but its not like ours, that we can feel everything. its less complex thus giving it the ability to withstand some things. you ignoramus.

[serpwidgets]

" its less complex thus giving it the ability to withstand some things."

What are you talking about? The relative complexity of a nervous system has nothing to do with whether or not a creature experiences pain. Pain is one of the most basic functions that nervous systems perform... it's not something that has just recently evolved in primates.

BTW there are lots of living things without nervous systems such as the entire plant kingdom, fungi, and all unicellular organisms.

[Tsuguayme]

Some people think cold-blooded animals can't feel pain. I thought that was wrong. Because I remember on TV they gave anesthesia to a turtle to perform surgery to remove eggs from her body. So would you agree fish can feel pain? Because I was a bit upset the other day when someone on youtube said goldfish can't feel pain. It was a vid of goldfish surgery. x_x Seeing some terrible stuff on youtube.

[DiamondFalcon10]

'barely'

[LovelyNateO]

what did u do with it? :O i dont think it survived

[repex99]

lol thats sorta wierd..how did ya end it humanely?

[elizabeth98932]

Wow. I dont mean to sound heartless, but that is amazing. I have two corn snakes right now, Im snake-sitting a friends snake, they are both about two years old I think, but they are much too small to be laying eggs. That doesnt stop them though, sadly. If you bend your pinky finger, thats about the size of her eggs. ;-(

[paintballer1184]

poor snake, that sucks.

[ArkWindProductions]

did u kill it fast to end its misery or did u let it die on its own? poor thing

[Aitcl]

How terrible. Sorry, I know its a dissapointing thing when you see your baby hatchling like that. ):

[inuyashaxemoxhime]

O-O i feel sad for the thing!

[Vixxi84]

Bless him. Im confused by the picture.. Im breeding for the first time so i hope mine turn out ok :) . Good luk with all your batches.

[Laloona666]

same =]

[johnkaighin]

haw did u kill it

[lofty49]

Poor beautiful creature :'(

[RossJD]

good job videoing that misfortune , i have one gravid corn snake and id be doing some serious head scratching if any pipped like that

[serpwidgets]

Birth defects are more common than we'd like to think. Especially with the number of snakes you can hatch you're likely to see some. They just happen and there's no benefit to beating yourself up over it if it happens. I've also hatched one that was stuck to the eggshell, a few with the skull not closed, hydrocephalics, many cases of arrested development, and even a pair of conjoined twin ghosts.

BTW, good luck with your clutch and I hope they are all healthy and hungry! :)

[rumplemasashi]

what happened to it?

[furbearingbrick]

Poor lil' critter. :(

[serpwidgets]

Video description has been updated with more background. Thanks for your concern.

[skateanyday]

dang that sucks. i feel bad for the snake...

[languagenut5]

You can say that again. It's very sad. :(

[mack1time]

Before people beek off htey should read the desription. Often corns can come out deformed if temps and humidity is not ideal!

[serpwidgets]

True, but this was not from a temperature/humidity problem. The rest of the clutch was perfectly healthy. :)

[mack1time]

oh well happens to the best of us!!!

[runy14]

uhhh what up with red thing

[languagenut5]

The red thing is the snake's beating heart. It was born with its chest cavity open. :(

[eviljokar]

If that happened to me i would throw it away

[eileps]

Well that really describes the kind of scum you are.

[dbspergin]

amazing

[maarakailet1]

Wow, that is so cool! And really sad. But so cool!

[sserpentinedreamss]

That was very interesting to see. Dont listen to these other ppl, that video is educational and im glad you posted it. And if anyone missed it, he said it was euthanized.

[chuggawuggafugga]

Wow. I can't believe he had the strength to even get out of the egg. I'm glad I saw this... I know if I ever get one now I won't freak out completely, and will at least know what's happening.

[ilovemylizard]

Very interesting, and sad. I knew this particular defect was not uncommon in snakes, but I was unaware the snake could survive to term...

[Altairw]

he sayd this poor snake was euthanized

[AshMashMash]

That is very weird, very cool. Thanks for posting. Looks like it could be "ectopia cordis", according to google.

[kiwibird42]

That is SICK, why would you post that??

[serpwidgets]

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[CRUELINTENTIONX]

wtf thats sick

[sveltaccio]

fofa snake, fofa heart, fofa chest

[Froggy5]

A he corn snake can give birth?

[serpwidgets]

wut?

[Froggy5]

nvm

[Heatseeker872591]

poor thing. deformety happens in all living things

[Patriaga]

i cried over that, omg such a beautiful creature

[bg4life122]

Whoa... Never seen anyhting like it... Kinda gross

[ChelskiUK]

Holy mother of god!

[AaronEndre]

Yikes! That's interesting but really sad.