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09-29-16, 05:14 PM
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What is this? Found in boa's cage
Hey there
Found 2 of these tiny things in my boa's cage. I was out of the house for a few days, and he pooped, so there was poop in his cage for 2 days. Is this bug/thing dangerous, and/or contagious to my other snakes?
Thanks
Nick
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09-29-16, 06:06 PM
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Re: What is this? Found in boa's cage
is that picture enlarged? does it have little legs? it almost looks like a stink bug. they crop up everywhere. if it is, i doubt it can do anything to snakes.
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09-29-16, 07:06 PM
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Re: What is this? Found in boa's cage
I know someone here has posted about a time where they got a new un-sexed boa. It was not until she dropped what was unfertilized eggs or "slugs". It may be this.
If I am wrong, someone please correct me.
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09-29-16, 07:21 PM
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Re: What is this? Found in boa's cage
If that is setting on lined note book paper that's pretty small... Could it be something that was in the rodents stomach that it couldn't digest? It looks like a small almond... Try cutting it in half... Maybe the inside will give you a hint!
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09-29-16, 07:49 PM
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Re: What is this? Found in boa's cage
That is lined paper, it is enlarged, and it seems like some sort of larvae, it has 2 or 4 small legs up front
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09-29-16, 09:30 PM
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Re: What is this? Found in boa's cage
Quite frankly, it looks like a maggot larva to me. It could have hatched from a fly egg that got laid in the cage, but it had to be feeding on something, either fecal material or regurg, something organic. No danger to your snake if it's what I think it is.
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09-30-16, 06:12 PM
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Re: What is this? Found in boa's cage
It looks like an insect's egg case.
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09-30-16, 09:41 PM
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Re: What is this? Found in boa's cage
Mad Max. I believe he said that it has legs sticking out of it on the front end. I seriously doubt that it is an egg case.
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10-01-16, 11:49 AM
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Re: What is this? Found in boa's cage
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Originally Posted by Jim Smith
Mad Max. I believe he said that it has legs sticking out of it on the front end. I seriously doubt that it is an egg case.
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Well then it's probably not a fly maggot either, Jim.
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10-01-16, 12:25 PM
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Re: What is this? Found in boa's cage
Here is a photo of a fly maggot. I used to find them in my compost pile when I had a lot of green grass piled on top. They are larger and fatter than the maggots of common house flies and they sometimes eat vegetable matter rather than meat/fish protein. As they get closer to pupating, they grow small legs at the front of the body.
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10-01-16, 12:45 PM
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Re: What is this? Found in boa's cage
It's a fly maggot that was laid and hatched in the poop.
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