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enigma200316
03-12-2008, 05:43 PM
now please don't reply til I'm done here I'm a little slow with this stuff...:o

heres a few pics of an interesting accurance, I don't no if this has happened to anyone else but this did and the pics aren't the best you
tell me if this is male if this is normal or what....and also there are no other garters in this tank and its just a baby maybe 10 inches long...........

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/T_s_p_08_.jpg
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/T_s_p_sex.jpg
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/T_s_p_sex3.jpg

he kept sticking it out and then back in????
adamanteus
03-12-2008, 06:00 PM
Is he constipated, Justin?
enigma200316
03-12-2008, 06:03 PM
Is he constipated, Justin?


no, there is feces in tank that has to be 1-2 days old.......I'm just puzeled because I've never seen something like it before.....:confused:
enigma200316
03-12-2008, 06:04 PM
oh and there doesn't seem to be any swelling or lumps either.......
aSnakeLovinBabe
03-12-2008, 07:37 PM
okay i don't mean to sound gross here but that looks like what some of my garters do when they feel like pooping and really don't have much poop to get rid of. I see it sometimes, they decide they need to go, squeeze out a little bit of juice and just keep squeezing. Trust me I know the difference between this and constipation LOL how gross...

Your picture is blurry but I am almost positive that that is your snakes cloacal opening showing and not a hemipene. Feel around near his vent, make sure you don't feel any lumps. And look for uric crystals at the vent opening too. When the snake is relaxed you shouldn't be able to see any pink at the vent. if you do, it is either swollen or there's something stuck. BUT, I don't think you have anything to worry about.
enigma200316
03-13-2008, 03:06 PM
there is deff. no lumps, bumps, clogs,crystals, inpactions, or anthing of that nature, so maybe it was just straining really hard, but why would it pop out and go back in like that, I've never seen it before.....
Sputnik
03-13-2008, 03:28 PM
Have you checked for magazines underneath the rocks? :p
enigma200316
03-13-2008, 03:30 PM
Have you checked for magazines underneath the rocks? :p


hahaha......to funny!!! I never even thought of that........:D
Stefan-A
03-13-2008, 03:31 PM
Prolapse, maybe?
drache
03-13-2008, 06:27 PM
when it's prolapse, it tends to not go back in
enigma200316
03-14-2008, 10:41 AM
well evrything is fine with the snake and I haven't seen it since so maybe it was just for the lack of a better term pooping............;)
zooplan
04-11-2008, 03:40 AM
That look like prolapse to me and you should have a close look to it because it may return!
If keeping conditions are a little dry it could cause more sesious injuries.
enigma200316
04-11-2008, 04:11 PM
update!!!!!!!!

the snake is doing very well it is eating without problem, and have not seen
any reacurance thank you................:)