Any Ideas?

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.


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Tons of help.......

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.

Any other thoughts?


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

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?

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

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!!!

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!

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.

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Originally Posted by Patrick Long

wow really??????


Tons of help.......

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How bout vet?