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#192961
Tequlia77
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What The Heck Are These?? 
I was handling my bp and I noticed something strange. My bp has these two "claws" sticking out on each side of his tail near his vent. What are these??
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12/03/04 1:30pm
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#192979
JasonN
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Message To: Tequlia77 In reference to Message Id: 192961
What The Heck Are These??
Those are bones called, cloacal spurs or anal spurs. They’re the vestige remains of long lost hind legs. Perfectly normal, all royals have them.
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12/03/04 2:09pm
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#192983
Tequlia77
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Message To: JasonN In reference to Message Id: 192979
What The Heck Are These??
oh ok thanks
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12/03/04 2:15pm
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#193039
SCSnakeman
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Message To: Tequlia77 In reference to Message Id: 192983
What The Heck Are These??
You can guess the sex of your ball by the lenght of the spurs. Males have long easily noticable spurs while females have much shorter spurs. This is typically true but there are exceptions. My big ball, Montie, is a female but has big spurs.
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12/03/04 3:57pm
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#193088
InnerDragon103
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Message To: SCSnakeman In reference to Message Id: 193039
What The Heck Are These??
i’ve felt them before but because i shouldnt handle diablo i havent actually looked... he’s still kinda small (about 18") so can i tell from the size of his or her spurs now? or is Diablo too young still..
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12/03/04 5:41pm
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#193112
Eunectes4
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Message To: InnerDragon103 In reference to Message Id: 193088
What The Heck Are These??
I would say too young. One female of mine appeared to have very large spurs as a hatchling but now that she is about 2 years you can tell they have balanced out and are quite smaller than a males. Spur size is not an accurate means of sexing anyway for even adult ball pythons. Some snakes can be sexed by spurs size and structure but having seen hudreds of ball pythons spurs of all ages..its just isnt the case for them.
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12/03/04 6:09pm
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#193113
JasonN
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Message To: InnerDragon103 In reference to Message Id: 193088
What The Heck Are These??
As I understand it, you cannot definitively tell the sex of a royal from its spurs. You need to have your snake probed or popped for that. However, as a rule males have larger and more visible spurs. For reference, I also have a male about 18+ inches long and his spurs are clearly visible. They look like little claws.
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12/03/04 6:13pm
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