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Should I be concerned?

stilltraining Mar 29, 2005 02:02 PM

Our ball python donnie started doing this all the time, and I was wondering if anybody could tell me why he may be doing it and if it's anythign to worry about.


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0.0.1 Senagel Chameleon-Bud
0.1.0 Red-tail Boa-Xena
1.0.1 Bearded Dragons-Ruff and Alexis
1.0.0 Ball Pythons-Donnie

Replies (3)

serpentcity Mar 29, 2005 08:27 PM

...do you mean the cloacal "gaping" I think you're trying to
point out?

stilltraining Mar 29, 2005 10:51 PM

that's what I mean. He keeps almost turning it inside out. He doesn't deficate on me or anytime around it, he just kinda does it. Is it some sign of sexual maturity or just a weird behavior or what?
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0.0.1 Senagel Chameleon-Bud
0.1.0 Red-tail Boa-Xena
1.0.1 Bearded Dragons-Ruff and Alexis
1.0.0 Ball Pythons-Donnie

serpentcity Mar 30, 2005 02:34 AM

...for long...it's not a common behavior...probably quite a bit more common in recent imports...

bottom line: not to worry...

sjm

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