He often sticks something out of his vent. Is it his penis? it looks a bit large. He sticks it out and then pulls it pack in. Is this a problem? He does it often. Any help appreciated.
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Black-throat sticks something out his vent. What is it? Problem?
Grey_Owl
Mar 26, 2004 02:46 PM
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jay111
Mar 26, 2004 05:43 PM
it sounds like hes partially everting his hemipenes, which to my understanding is both normal and usually not any issue, a regular part of defecation. Maybe he needs a girlfriend.
SHvar
Mar 26, 2004 09:47 PM
They evert them defecating or sometimes scent marking or just because something caught their fancy. If its flowered out with 2 scent glands and almost fin looking projections its a hemipene (one of two), if its a smooth tube with a roll appearance on the end (full eversion) its a hemiclitori, a female (1 of 2). Heres a pic of a hemipene from an albig male. Both can be very large, usually hemiclitori arent as long or as thick. This is a male albig of mine and is only a partial eversion, theres a full eversion photo on Proexotics photo album of a male BT in the "non PE photos".
