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Grass Snake with prolapsed cloaca |
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Alan Hyde
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Posted: 09 May 2004 at 5:13pm |
Found a grass snake with prolapsed cloaca last weekend . Will post pics as soon as pic posting is allowed again.
The snake appeared healthy in all other ways , though slightly thin. Alan |
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hi Al, if you want to send the picture to me I can still host it on RAUK, it does seem that the upload facility is the reasong for RAUK using loads of bandwidth, so not sure when it will be allowed again :0(
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Alan Hyde
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Hi Gemma :¼)
Ok, I'll sort out the picture and send it to you in an Email. Speak soon, Al |
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Al's pics Al, is that not an inverted male bit rather than the cloaca prolapsed?? |
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PS lovely looking snake, I found a whopper the other day reasonably unexpectately at a woodland margin, due to a navigation error (Merv says it was my fault, I have a different opinion) we missed the habitat we were looking for and came out in a pasture, and there she was a good 3 footer, gorgeous. Still I did get some funny looks when I picked up Harvey from school later in the day, odd smell isn't it.
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Alan Hyde
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Hi Gemma , Thanks for putting the pics up .
LOL! :¼) Ah Yes ! It's that grass snake moment ;¼). 3foot!? Very nice , I'm glad you shared the lovely aroma ;¼) Now, I'm not to sure . All I know is ,My sister had a tortoise with prolapsed cloaca and it looked just like this .The snake could not retract, and whatever it is was very dry , not healthy looking at all . I'm sure one of our experts will clarify ;¼) |
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Alan Hyde
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Hi Tony,
But why would it not wthdraw back into the snake? Is this a common occurance? Alan |
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Alan Hyde
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Ah so, After searching the net and looking at various veterinary sites is this what's called prolapsed hemipenes?
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Wolfgang Wuster
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Alan,
Yes, that is definitely a prolapsed hemipenis - the cloaca does not have any spines. Cheers, Wolfgang |
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Wolfgang Wüster
School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor http://pages.bangor.ac.uk/~bss166/ |
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Alan Hyde
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Thanks Wolfgang :¼)
So, could we say that due to this prolapse the snake will probably die? Cheers, Alan |
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