• Hello!

    Either you have not registered on this site yet, or you are registered but have not logged in. In either case, you will not be able to use the full functionality of this site until you have registered, and then logged in after your registration has been approved.

    Registration is FREE, so please register so you can participate instead of remaining a lurker....

    Please be certain that the location field is correctly filled out when you register. All registrations that appear to be bogus will be rejected. Which means that if your location field does NOT match the actual location of your registration IP address, then your registration will be rejected.

    Sorry about the strictness of this requirement, but it is necessary to block spammers and scammers at the door as much as possible.

Increased activity.

N

Neffy

New member
Hey all,

My corns (Angel) beahviour has changed this week dramatically. Angel turned 2 in march this year. Normally Angel is very relaxed feeds once a week then hides a few days, then will come out to poop and roam around his viv a bit then go back to the hide. This week however i fed Angel on Monday and by tuesday he was out and about in the viv, comming upto the glass and trying to get out. Angel has been like this all week, he just doesn't seem settled at all.

Anyone know why the sudden behaviour change?
Oh and i got a little vibrating feeling off him when i picked him up. didnt last long but i thought i might mention it.

Temps and set up are as normal, nothings changed.
 
Put him in a tub of warm water and see if the back half floats. It may just be gas.
 
wade said:
Put him in a tub of warm water and see if the back half floats. It may just be gas.
Click to expand...

Wade, you naughty boy! Will you quit with the comedy already!!! ;)

Neffy, has anything else change with Angel's surroundings? Have you brought any new herps into the house, started using a new substrate, new cleaning solution, new soap to wash with? Any of these things could be a reason for the new behaviour, or it could be that he's come of age and is getting a little hormonal :D

Hope that helps a little :)
 
Nothing at all has changed so maybe he is getting a little hormonal. By the way im only guessing he's male by the way his tail is quite thin and long after the cloaca, he could be female for all i know. I really dont wish to have him probed though, seeing as he's not going to be breeding i dont see the point.

Thanks for the help :)
 
If you don't want to have him probed, you can get a pretty danged accurate sexing with a shed skin. Look at the bottom surface of the shed, and toward the tail you'll see a final full-width scale. That's the anal (or caudal) scale, which covers the cloaca. The rest of the scales to the tail tip will be in two rows. You can either count the total number of these double scales (known as the sub-caudal scales) and divide by two, or count the number of rows down one side. If there are fewer than 60 rows, it's almost guaranteed to be female. If there are more than 70 rows, it's almost guaranteed to be male. 62 to 67 is pretty indeterminate, but fortunately it's also pretty uncommon. I saw somewhere several months ago that you can use a scanner to scan the tail of the shed, then adjust the contrast and blow it up to make it easier to see. I tried it (after my usual method of using a magnifying glass) and it's a really nice method for older eyes (or younger snakes!)
 
glenhead said:
If you don't want to have him probed, you can get a pretty danged accurate sexing with a shed skin. Look at the bottom surface of the shed, and toward the tail you'll see a final full-width scale. That's the anal (or caudal) scale, which covers the cloaca. The rest of the scales to the tail tip will be in two rows. You can either count the total number of these double scales (known as the sub-caudal scales) and divide by two, or count the number of rows down one side. If there are fewer than 60 rows, it's almost guaranteed to be female. If there are more than 70 rows, it's almost guaranteed to be male. 62 to 67 is pretty indeterminate, but fortunately it's also pretty uncommon. I saw somewhere several months ago that you can use a scanner to scan the tail of the shed, then adjust the contrast and blow it up to make it easier to see. I tried it (after my usual method of using a magnifying glass) and it's a really nice method for older eyes (or younger snakes!)
Click to expand...

There was an interesting thread about that around here a while ago, something about.... Sexing by counting the subcaudal scales? :)
 
That was a good thread, and makes me glad I put all the "danged near" and "almost" qualifiers in my response! We had a big amel who had 82 sub-caudal rows, and with his tail morphology (shape) there was never a question to begin with that he was a male (in my mind). I'll have to do a count on all our known hatchlings and see what they say.
 
Danged near, almost, under most circumstances, I would tend to lean in the "that's probably a male" direction. Was that enough qualifiers?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top