Anybody have any suggestions on what I can do until I can get this animal to the vet?. It looks like both hemipeni are inverted and sticking out of the cloaca on one of my newborn boas. I have been keeping in on very moist paper towels in the meantime.
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New born exposed hemipenis
- Thread starter Boa4u
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Mike Greathouse
Reptilian Dreams
Put some honey on the exposed hemipenes. This will ensure that they remain moist and there are properties in honey that will help to reduce swelling. That may be enough to allow the little guy to readjust on his own. At the very least, it will protect the tissue until you can get him to the vet.
Good luck.
Good luck.
Lee Herps
Reptile Maniac
Wow, That maybe helpful information. Hopefully I wont ever need to use it!!!
Ginger Ambrose
New member
Can we get an update on how this litte one is doing ?
I hope he is better.
Ginger
I hope he is better.
Ginger
The Hypo Stripe Hemipenes Saga
The little guy is doing ok considering, I named him "Tread" because he has an incredible continuous stripe that covers almost 90% to 95% of his back, and he is also a hypo. I don't think he will be breeding anytime soon though.
I was able to gently put both hemipenes in using some vaseline and a qtip. The following morning, one of the hemipenes had prolapsed again. I then took him to a reptile vet who said that the hemipenes was abnormally large for the cavity in which it is supposed to stay in. Upon the vet's recommendation, the hemipenes was removed. End of story right? Tread just shed yesterday and his only remaining hemipenes prolapsed. It is also looks unusually large especially at the tip. The vet had warned me that this might happen. I had hoped that he would still be able to breed prior to this latest occurrence, but I think that is it as far as breeding goes for Mr. Tread. I spent almost $200 having the first hemipenes removed. I spoke to a local breeder who told me that if I just put neosporin on it and keep it from getting infected it will eventually shrivel up. I would hate to have to spend another $200 on a snake that has no chance of breeding but I am still concerned about the little guy's health. Anybody have any suggestions?.
Talk about a heartbreaker! If I could have proved him out genetically he might have produced some incredible striped sunglows at some point in the future.
The little guy is doing ok considering, I named him "Tread" because he has an incredible continuous stripe that covers almost 90% to 95% of his back, and he is also a hypo. I don't think he will be breeding anytime soon though.
I was able to gently put both hemipenes in using some vaseline and a qtip. The following morning, one of the hemipenes had prolapsed again. I then took him to a reptile vet who said that the hemipenes was abnormally large for the cavity in which it is supposed to stay in. Upon the vet's recommendation, the hemipenes was removed. End of story right? Tread just shed yesterday and his only remaining hemipenes prolapsed. It is also looks unusually large especially at the tip. The vet had warned me that this might happen. I had hoped that he would still be able to breed prior to this latest occurrence, but I think that is it as far as breeding goes for Mr. Tread. I spent almost $200 having the first hemipenes removed. I spoke to a local breeder who told me that if I just put neosporin on it and keep it from getting infected it will eventually shrivel up. I would hate to have to spend another $200 on a snake that has no chance of breeding but I am still concerned about the little guy's health. Anybody have any suggestions?.
Talk about a heartbreaker! If I could have proved him out genetically he might have produced some incredible striped sunglows at some point in the future.
Ginger Ambrose
New member
Sorry, to hear that he has pretty much lost his breeding ability, but at least he is alive.
I hope he will be a great pet.
Ginger
I hope he will be a great pet.
Ginger
Here is a pic of Mr. Tread. His mom is a pretty pastel and his dad is a hypo, so my previous post is a little misleading. What I meant to say was that Mr. Tread could have helped me produce striped sunglows in the future by crossing him with an albino female, possibly producing striped hypos het for albino, and then crossing one of those babies with an abino. Easy come easy go. I did get 25 other perfectly healthy babies in the litter with an incredible ratio of 17 hypos and 8 normals. I guess dad has some strong hypo genes or he did not read all the information about codominant traits yielding 50% visibles when crossed with normals! Anyway I think I might pair mom and dad up again next year and see what happens. In the meantime, Mr. Tread will make a great pet and will look good on my website that I hope to have in the future.
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Laura Fopiano
B&L Exotix
My god, that is one smoking animal!! I hope he gets better.
Thank you Laura, but it does not look good for Mr. Tread. He shed a whole week later than the rest of the litter and he refuses to eat. Now he is not even flicking his tongue out at all. I am thinking that he is just genetically flawed. Out of 26 babies, he is the only one that has such considerable striping and the only male to have prolapsed. The other 25 babies are doing great, they have all shed once and eaten twice like champs. I am kind of torn on if to force feed Mr. Tread or not. I wonder if force feeding will be a short term solution and just prolong the inevitable.
Lee Herps
Reptile Maniac
That is too sad for such a beautiful snake.
Yes it is Lee. You can imagine my excitement when amongst all the mess of birth I spotted such an incredible stripe. I already had pictures of a future super orange sunglow striper in my head. But hey, I will be philosophical about this so I just don't flat out cry! Que sera sera. No use worrying about the things I cannot change.
Ginger Ambrose
New member
Alex, I am sorry to hear he is not doing better. I was pulling for him to get well , and at least make a beautiful pet. He is just awsome, hope all the others are getting on well.
Ginger
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Ginger Ambrose
New member
Very happy to hear the rest are doing great. If they get tired of Miami just send them up my way. LOL
Laura Fopiano
B&L Exotix
Sorry
Unfortunately these things happen, take lots of pictures of him and hope that next years breeding will yield a successful stripper again. BTW how do the sibs look, are any close to the stripping on him??
On a similar note, I had a litter this year that started off bad and got worse. My flexwat got some birthing fluid under the electrical tape and caused the electrocution of 7 babies, gave mom a pretty good shock, and shocked 3 others. They seemed to recover then slowly started to die off any though they were all eating. I had a necropsy done and no IBD thank god, but it is still upsetting none the less. I would love to see some pics of the others. Good luck with him and if nothing else you can pray.
Unfortunately these things happen, take lots of pictures of him and hope that next years breeding will yield a successful stripper again. BTW how do the sibs look, are any close to the stripping on him??
On a similar note, I had a litter this year that started off bad and got worse. My flexwat got some birthing fluid under the electrical tape and caused the electrocution of 7 babies, gave mom a pretty good shock, and shocked 3 others. They seemed to recover then slowly started to die off any though they were all eating. I had a necropsy done and no IBD thank god, but it is still upsetting none the less. I would love to see some pics of the others. Good luck with him and if nothing else you can pray.
That is absolutely terrible Laura, my solitary defect way pales in comparison to what happened to you.
In answer to your question, no, there are no siblings with anywhere near the striping that Mr. Tread has. There are some that have a little bit of striping. The mom has a nice stripe on her tail but it is only on about 5% of her body length. As far as pictures of the siblings, check out my previous post. It is a pic of may favorite male of the litter. I will try and post more and see if I can find you a stripe or two.
Alex
In answer to your question, no, there are no siblings with anywhere near the striping that Mr. Tread has. There are some that have a little bit of striping. The mom has a nice stripe on her tail but it is only on about 5% of her body length. As far as pictures of the siblings, check out my previous post. It is a pic of may favorite male of the litter. I will try and post more and see if I can find you a stripe or two.
Alex
Jungle Wannabe
This one has a little bit of a jungle thing going on towards the head. I also love the cross on the head that connects the eyes. This cross is a trait that big momma has.
And check out this normal with the bullseye pattern on the sides and a bit of a ladder tail. I am amazed at all the variations in colors and patterns in one litter. Mother nature is truly spectacular! I can't wait to start messing around with double hets and maybe triple hets and see what surprises might come about. Do I sound like a kid in a candy store?
This one has a little bit of a jungle thing going on towards the head. I also love the cross on the head that connects the eyes. This cross is a trait that big momma has.
And check out this normal with the bullseye pattern on the sides and a bit of a ladder tail. I am amazed at all the variations in colors and patterns in one litter. Mother nature is truly spectacular! I can't wait to start messing around with double hets and maybe triple hets and see what surprises might come about. Do I sound like a kid in a candy store?
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Laura Fopiano
B&L Exotix
No need to be sorry
It's just one of those unforeseen things that can and do happen. And that is a good looking snake you have. Good luck with Mr. Treads.
It's just one of those unforeseen things that can and do happen. And that is a good looking snake you have. Good luck with Mr. Treads.