What is this? Dumeril boa problem.

[Dumeril]

Recently I bought dumeril boa and I noticed that he has in the tail a small lump. Who could it be? It doesn't affect a movement. Thank you for the answers!

[Dumeril]

Some photos:

[piedlover79]

That could be a lot of things from a kink in the spine to a cyst or abscess. For a proper diagnoses it would take a visit to a good snake vet.

[bcr229]

That could be a lot of things from a kink in the spine to a cyst or abscess. For a proper diagnoses it would take a visit to a good snake vet.

I'm going with this. And if it were a kink it should have been disclosed by the seller - some are mild enough they can only be felt but not that one.

[Albert Clark]

Yeah, it could be any number of things and no matter what we think it is it's not going to get better or go away. That swelling needs evaluation by a herp vet. Just out of curiosity, was the swelling there when you purchased him?

[Yodawagon]

Was it there when you got them, and where did you get it from? If it's local to you, I'd take it back.

[Dumeril]

This boa from Hamm 2016-03-12. I don't see it when he was in the box... When I arrived at home I saw it and I didn't think that I have a good local vet somewhere near because I live in the small country. Bad news and new purchase...

[bcr229]

This boa from Hamm 2016-03-12. I don't see it when he was in the box... When I arrived at home I saw it and I didn't think that I have a good local vet somewhere near because I live in the small country. Bad news and new purchase...

Unfortunately since you had the chance to put eyes-on the snake before you paid for it I think your options are limited with the seller.

I would take it to the vet and figure out what is going on with it. If it's a spine kink then that will not go away and you have a nice pet; kinked animals can live normal lives as long as they can eat, poop, and shed successfully but I would never breed one. If the problem is something else then the vet will have to determine a course of treatment.