What in the world? Is this normal?
Ventress the Viper Boa evacuated in her dish per usual. But what? I'm used to urates stuck on the bottom and you can see some towards the bottom right of dish. But this white stringy thing...... Is that soft urates or a worm....... Nasty smelling as well. Any one experience this with any snake?https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...7177d86963.jpg
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Looks like a sperm plug, I take it it's a male
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Looks like a sperm plug, I take it it's a male
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Advertised female but really not sure. That'd make sense though. I've had "her" well over a year so I suppose a trip to the vet would sort some things out.
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Advertised female but really not sure. That'd make sense though. I've had "her" well over a year so I suppose a trip to the vet would sort some things out.
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Might be worth a check definitely looks like a sperm plug to me, any sign of any spurs, normally males show quite well
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Might be worth a check definitely looks like a sperm plug to me, any sign of any spurs, normally males show quite well
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"She" went to vet today. "She" has spurs. I didn't want him to pop or probe her because she's now in shed. Mystery should be solved soon with fecal sample and other investigations.
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SMTHook
"She" went to vet today. "She" has spurs. I didn't want him to pop or probe her because she's now in shed. Mystery should be solved soon with fecal sample and other investigations.
Yes they pretty prominent on males, here's a photo of my nearly 3 yr old male albino motleys https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...b5bec9c32c.jpg
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Why do they shed them?? My boa has dropped a few of those over the years. His were confirmed sperm plugs but I just wondered why this happens
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Why do they shed them?? My boa has dropped a few of those over the years. His were confirmed sperm plugs but I just wondered why this happens
From what I've been told it prevents or inhibits the ability of other males sperm to get through and impregnate the female.
Update: Definitely Male and definitely a sperm plug. Is there any way to edit title for future search purposes?
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SMTHook
From what I've been told it prevents or inhibits the ability of other males sperm to get through and impregnate the female.
Update: Definitely Male and definitely a sperm plug. Is there any way to edit title for future search purposes?
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