What exactly is this and how do you know if your male is producing them?
05-16-2009, 02:20 AM
TheVipersHouse
Re: plugs???
plugs on a male are simple to spot .
what they are is like a membrane that plugs the hemi's . if you were to pop the male and there looked to be some fleshy type substance where the Hemi's should be poping out thats the plugs .
males usually will start producing plugs anywhere from 6 months old up.
it usually (at least from my exp..) tends to be a white'ish color .it kind of resembles shed skin thats been soaking in water . and if you pop your male and you see these plugs you can actually remove them , by pulling it gently .
hope this helps
05-16-2009, 02:30 AM
BAD Morphs
Re: plugs???
[QUOTE=TheVipersHouse;1054336]plugs on a male are simple to spot .
what they are is like a membrane that plugs the hemi's . if you were to pop the male and there looked to be some fleshy type substance where the Hemi's should be poping out thats the plugs .
males usually will start producing plugs anywhere from 6 months old up.
it usually (at least from my exp..) tends to be a white'ish color .it kind of resembles shed skin thats been soaking in water . and if you pop your male and you see these plugs you can actually remove them , by pulling it gently .
Thanks that helps alot!! But why would you want to remove them?? And I watched a vid from 8 ball that I found on an old thread but still am sort of unsure what to look for. I know what the hemipenes looks like and so the plugs are attached to it?
05-16-2009, 02:37 AM
TheVipersHouse
Re: plugs???
well if your male is producing plugs some people remove them and put the male in with a female , cause once the plugs are gone he's free to breed ..
ok best way i can think of for a visual to what it would be like
(lol it may not be the best refference but im sure it will give you a picture)
think of a cut off garden hose , now roll up some papertowels and shove it in the opened end of the hose , think of the paper towels as the plug and the hose is the skin or shaft around the hemi's , the hemi's wont pop out while the plugs there until either its been removed or they fall out ..
i had a couple males that produced plugs and i pulled them out . if i had thought about it as a tutorial before hand i would have snapped some pics to help . but sorry i didnt take any .
05-16-2009, 02:41 AM
harm286
Re: plugs???
Quote:
Originally Posted by TheVipersHouse
well if your male is producing plugs some people remove them and put the male in with a female , cause once the plugs are gone he's free to breed ..
ok best way i can think of for a visual to what it would be like
(lol it may not be the best refference but im sure it will give you a picture)
think of a cut off garden hose , now roll up some papertowels and shove it in the opened end of the hose , think of the paper towels as the plug and the hose is the skin or shaft around the hemi's , the hemi's wont pop out while the plugs there until either its been removed or they fall out ..
i had a couple males that produced plugs and i pulled them out . if i had thought about it as a tutorial before hand i would have snapped some pics to help . but sorry i didnt take any .
itz white blubbery like right?
likes its guts are kuming out
05-16-2009, 02:44 AM
BAD Morphs
Re: plugs???
Quote:
Originally Posted by TheVipersHouse
well if your male is producing plugs some people remove them and put the male in with a female , cause once the plugs are gone he's free to breed ..
ok best way i can think of for a visual to what it would be like
(lol it may not be the best refference but im sure it will give you a picture)
think of a cut off garden hose , now roll up some papertowels and shove it in the opened end of the hose , think of the paper towels as the plug and the hose is the skin or shaft around the hemi's , the hemi's wont pop out while the plugs there until either its been removed or they fall out ..
i had a couple males that produced plugs and i pulled them out . if i had thought about it as a tutorial before hand i would have snapped some pics to help . but sorry i didnt take any .
That was a great analogy!! That pretty much summed it up very good. Now another question. Would i have to remove the plugs in order to breed my males?? Also how often do they fall out and when they do fall out will I be bale to see them in their tub?
05-16-2009, 04:27 AM
psycho
Re: plugs???
Til when are the plugs suppose to leave by themselves??
05-25-2009, 07:58 PM
TheVipersHouse
Re: plugs???
Quote:
Originally Posted by BLong7211
That was a great analogy!! That pretty much summed it up very good. Now another question. Would i have to remove the plugs in order to breed my males?? Also how often do they fall out and when they do fall out will I be bale to see them in their tub?
when u see them then you can either pull them out or leave em in they will fall out when hes ready .. yes he wont be able to inpregnate the female if the plugs are still intact hense the name SPERM PLUGS
05-25-2009, 07:59 PM
TheVipersHouse
Re: plugs???
Quote:
Originally Posted by psycho
Til when are the plugs suppose to leave by themselves??
they will come out when hes ready to breed if you leave them in
Ok... I just found out that my baby ball is a male....So that is going to come out of him at a point in time? Ok so about how old does the snake have to be for that to happen naturally?
05-25-2009, 11:34 PM
TheVipersHouse
Re: plugs???
Quote:
Originally Posted by k2l3d4
Ok... I just found out that my baby ball is a male....So that is going to come out of him at a point in time? Ok so about how old does the snake have to be for that to happen naturally?
like was mentioned earlier it can happen as soon as 6 months of age and any point there after:)
