Hi,

My male house snake just shed (literally about 3 hours ago) and when I was inspecting it for spectacles etc I noticed something weird I'd never seen before.








In a previous post someone mentioned that sperm plugs can be seen on a males shed skin but when I checked my male ball python I didn't see a thing. Is it a colubrid only thing or was it because he'd bin "doin the nasty"?

Or am I once again lowering my trousers to talk and these are something else entirely?

Feel free to educate me.

Also since I stepped him up a prey size ( up to 1 half-grown mouse from 2 fuzzy mice) he seems to be growing like a weed!! He has shed once every month since (11th Dec, 10th Jan and now 15th Feb)- should I cut him back to every 10-14 days or just trust it's a growth spurt and won't last forever?


dr del