Vet sounds like a good idea. I would also recomend cleaning him with some mouthwash mixed with water. Soak him in a tub and ad a few cap fulls of mouth wash, this will help with the odor and help to kill off some of the bacteria witch is probably the cause of the odor. Like charles said take him to the vet ASAP and keep him away from any other reptiles you may own. After seeing the vet please let us know what the "black goo" is and what the cause of it is from (I'm curious). Good luck
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True Redtails

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• Vicious Male Boa with Hemipene problem..................Rare?? - hb1689, Sat Feb 26 10:38:55 2005
• ewww..take him to the vet, have a culture done - CE, Sat Feb 26 14:46:10 2005
• RE: Vicious Male Boa with Hemipene problem..................Rare?? - Trueredtails, Sat Feb 26 22:12:36 2005