> Hi
> A friend's corn snake has had eggs but they are soft and he also
> thinks there are some left inside the snake


Snake Eggs are soft and leathery. The way to till if they are ok is
to wait a few day's and if they cave in and go mouldy they are dead.
also the colour can give a clue, yellow eggs are normaly bad ones
but no always. after a few weeks if they have not gone rotten you
can shine a light on the top of the eggs and see blood vessels
forming. make sure you don't turn the eggs though becasue this drown
the baby snakes.

the only thing to do with the snake if it does still have eggs in it
is to take it to a vet sothey can scan it to check and if it does
have eggs in it,then they can squirt some stuff in its veins to make
it lay them or if that dont work they can cut them out. This could
end up an emergency treatment and cost more if it's left too long

Hope this helps,

Clem........