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    BCI Baby- Orange Cloaca?

    Hello All!

    I have been lurking around for a while and have found many of the posts to be very helpful. But this time I have a question that I haven't found much prior info on.
    I recently adopted a new baby boa, and I noticed the scale color of his vent looks orange, as opposed to the rest of his body. It really does not look swollen, or anything like that. I tried searching for pics to see if this is just normal for babies, as I haven't seen it before, but there's not much out there. He's in great shape and came from a reputable breeder, who said it was normal. But I tend to be a little OCD with my babies and I'm a worrywort, so I just wanted to check with you all.
    My only other experience is with an adult female ball python and her cloacal area matches the rest of her belly pattern. I haven't been able to find much on this. Is this just normal for some baby boas? Thank you.

    I have attached image links, as I couldn't figure out how to upload the pics in my post.

    https://imgur.com/dfb8579
    https://imgur.com/psvGo9w

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    My normal BI had an orange vent as a baby, totally normal. I'm not sure what it looks like nowadays, but I imagine there's still some coloration. All my others are morphs, and I didn't really pay attention.
    8.3 Boa imperator ('15 sunglow "Nymeria," '11 normal "Cloud," '16 anery motley "Crona," '10 ghost "Howl," '08 jungle "Dominika," '22 RC pastel hypo jungle "Aleister," '22 pastel normal "Gengar," '22 orangasm hypo "Daemon," '22 poss jungle "Jinzo," '22 poss jungle "Calcifer," '22 motley "Guin")
    1.4 Boa imperator; unnamed '22 hbs
    3.3 Plains garter snakes
    1.2 checkered garter snakes (unnamed)

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    1.0 garter snake ('13 albino checkered "Draco")
    1.0 eastern garter ('13 "Demigod)
    0.0.1 ball python ('06 "Bud")

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    I seem to recall that's normal too, so not to worry.
    Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
    Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)

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    Okay, thanks for the reassurance! I will stop staring at his butt now, lol!

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