entering un charted waters!!!!!!

[ReptiZone]

I have lover herps for the best part of my life now and well that is another story.

I baught a pair of ball python's (Adults) and well I can in one night and saw a fresh shed so I did the regular up and down check on the snake but then I checked the shed somthing threw me off you see I un roled it and verafide it to ensure every thing came of correctly well the eyes are good and the tip of the tail are good but as I checked the cloaca area on the shed I see blood I tell my self "Reptile PMS dosen't seem to fit right" then it doned on me the shop owner said she caught some of the males breeding with a female a few weeks back now was it my female I am not sure 100% witch leads me to my ???? what dos this look like to you to me it looks like a couple of sperm plugs but I have never seen any up close in all my years of keeping herps. so plz give me some feed back.

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1410sperm_plung__1.jpg

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1410sperm_plung__2.jpg

Thanx in advance for all info you may have for me.

[reverendsterlin]

now this is different, hurry up someone ID this I wanna know too. Nice pics BTW.

[JuliusSqueezer]

It's either sperm plugs or you have been flicking dried boogers in your snake's cage. It is not unusual for sperm plugs to discharge when a snake is wiggling out of a spent skin just as they also sometimes drop poo and/or urates during this time.

[Piers]

I'd say sperm plugs. Now the question is, is the snake a male expelling dried leftover sperm or are they plugs left in the female? You should resex the animal and who knows with a little luck you might get some eggs!
Piers

[Darlene]

Well that is neat, Marc. Let us know what turns out after you have it sexed.

[Grant vg]

Chondro,

that definately resembles a sperm plug, although if it came out very gooey perhaps its just a weird discharge of feces.
The sperm plugs ive seen always come out fairly textured.

ill put a link to this pic as its very graphic and may spoil someones appetite. but you can clearly see a set of seminal plugs comming out while this snake defecates.

*WARNING... GROSS...* (http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/512/5bbb_004-med.jpg)

[ReptiZone]

Hey,

Thanks for all the help. Im sure its a female because i got it sexed twice. I found the sperm plugs when she shed. She shed and then i saw there was a little bit of blood in the cloaca area so i checked it out and thats what came out. Wow, if i find some eggs a couple of months later ill give you some news. thx. the help is greatly appreciated. I spoke with the store manager where i bought the pair and he told me that they were all in breeding mode, prior to purchase.

Chondro Python