Any Ideas?

[Patrick Long]

A few days ago I acquired a Corn Island male, and he has a lump in his tail, after the vent.

I have been told that it could be a fatty deposit? Or maybe even a cyst of some type?

Does anyone have experience with this?

It is extremely hard and it does not protrude at all.

[Patrick Long]

wow really??????


Tons of help.......

[Jyson]

Idk about it being a fatty deposit.

I would wait a week, and see what it does. If it stays the same or gets large, a vet appointment might be best. Just my 2 cents though, I don't really have any experience on something like this.

EDIT: after a second look, it could be some sort of infection..maybe.

Hope this helps.

[Patrick Long]

Any other thoughts?


Man...I should have titled this "Is this a morph?"

[2kdime]

Id say some form of calcium deposit on the bone.

Or, a healed broken bone of some sort

Or a bit of cartilage....

Some infections will also "form" themselves into hard deposits wont they?

Cyst?

[waltah!]

I keep checking back to see if anyone has a good idea what that is....cause I sure don't. Good luck man, hopefully you will figure it out.
And yes, I know I was a HUGE help lol

[Jason Bowden]

Looks like a tail bump to me.
Let us know when you find out.
I don't think it'll bother the snake.
No help again!!!

[Michelle.C]

I had a Ball Python (rescue) come to me similar to yours. It turned out to be a infection. The vet removed the infection and he was placed on antibiotics.

Often in reptiles, infections are a hard mass. I would recommend taking him to the vet, asap. I hope he's okay and it turns out to be nothing serious!

[Rakk101]

Sorry Pat I missed this one, I had a boa rescue that was here for a couple months that also had a bump in his tail like that.

It was an infenction that the vet gave me some antiobotics for and it cleared right up.

[likebull1]

wow really??????


Tons of help.......

How bout vet?