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Hello, my boas last couple inches of his tail are very puffy and inflamed, it is heavy and seems like it is filled with something like liquid... my boa can't really move/control the end of his tail it b/c it is that heavy/inflamed ... everything is normal up to his vent and then after his vent it inflates so i am thinking it might be something that has to do with his hemiphenes ... I have a vet appointment for him next week but i still wanted to see if anyone else had something similar to this happen and what the diagnosis was??? also is there anything I can do to help him out until i go to the vet ??? anything to help reduce the inflammation? any medications that can be recommended or that have been used successfully so i can atleast give some thoughts to my vet?? I want to have as much knowledge so the right decisions can be made....

ANY INFO WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED !!! THANKS!!

here is another pic of the tail ... the first pic in the original post shows it a bit better ... THANKS!!

THANKS!!

thanks .. any info is appreciated !!!

Man, that looks really bad. I am sorry I don't have any information to help with this. My only question is, does he have any injuries in that region? When I first read the description my first thought was he was producing sperm and causing a bulge. But that looks alot lower then where you would see a viable male swell.
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Randall L Turner Jr.
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Has the animal been probed recently ?

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no he has not been sexed as he is a proven breeder for 2 years already .. he did breed this season .. maybe that had something to do with it?? any thoughts??

Your male has an infected hemipenis. At least one is infected. I have seen it several times with bad results each time. I have no idea how to get the animal to recover from that. I hope your vet is experienced with Reptiles. I would get him in ASAP and not next week.
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What causes an infected hemiphene?? any ideas?