What is this?

Everyday I'm finding this white, stringy(sort of??) discharge in Choco's tub. I was thinking it was urates, but I was under the impression that urates are solid. Karma's certainly always have been, so this is my first time seeing this. I'm 100% sure its from him, its always smeared around his vent and on his body.
Picture of it:
https://s27.postimg.org/st94bco6r/WI...7_012053_2.jpg

And oh my goodness, why is he peeing so much?? I'm cleaning the newspaper in his tub 2-3 times a day, it seems like as soon as I change it he sprays everywhere again.

Well... Choco is a boy... if he's anywhere near 800 g or more then there's your answer.

Urates. :gj:

Nope, he's still a hatchling.

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Originally Posted by John1982

Urates. :gj:

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Oh, okay. I've never seen them look like that.

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Originally Posted by PythonBabes

And oh my goodness, why is he peeing so much?? I'm cleaning the newspaper in his tub 2-3 times a day, it seems like as soon as I change it he sprays everywhere again.

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Urates and/or she's getting interested in attracting a mate. It kind of looks like a tub when one of my females is feeling especially randy - they'll even wag their tail to help smear it all over the place. This might explain the frequency too. Every time you clean it up, she feels the need to lay down a fresh dose of male attractant.

They do that when they're young??

God, I'm hoping Choco isn't another Karma situation, thought she was a boy at first.

Do you know how to sex your animals or know someone that can reliably do it for you? You can't tell ball python sex just by looking at the outside, you need to be able to pop or probe and confirm if the snake has hemipenes or not.

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Originally Posted by Lizardlicks

Do you know how to sex your animals or know someone that can reliably do it for you? You can't tell ball python sex just by looking at the outside, you need to be able to pop or probe and confirm if the snake has hemipenes or not.

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I know that. The person I got him from said that he had popped him, but said it might have been incorrect because Choco was so small and he didn't want to use too much force, he didn't want to hurt him. He hasn't been probed yet.