plugs???

[BAD Morphs]

What exactly is this and how do you know if your male is producing them?

[TheVipersHouse]

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

[BAD Morphs]

[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?

[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 .

[harm286]

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

[BAD Morphs]

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?

[psycho]

Til when are the plugs suppose to leave by themselves??

[TheVipersHouse]

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

[TheVipersHouse]

Til when are the plugs suppose to leave by themselves??

they will come out when hes ready to breed if you leave them in

[Stewart_Reptiles]

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