Depending on growth rate and individual, they can be sexually active at 2 1/2 years old. That is when you might see a hemipenal shed. In water it looks like an X with very wrinkled surfaces. Out of water it's a thin (2 - 3 mm), long (40 - 80 mm) white, slimey thing. Kind of like a small piece of rolled up shedding from a bad shed but slimey like ejaculate.



I think you would only see one if the male was sexually active (excited) from the presence of a female. At least that's the only time I ever see them.
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Thanks,



Dave Colling



www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com



0.1 Wife (WC)

0.2 kids (CBB, selectively bred from good stock)



LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:

12.25 BRB

12.14 BCI

And those are only the breeders



lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

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• a couple of older snake questions. - akewa, Tue Jan 16 18:34:54 2007
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