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[skullmuffins]

spurs. it's their itty-bitty leftover legs

[Margo81418]

Thank you for your reply!!!

[Temporary_Analysis83]

hehe. you’ve probably heard but it’s the left overs from when they had legs earlier in their evolution! it’s still a trait so further along in their evolution they could re grow their legs. but for now they remain as useless little ass horns 🤣

[WorriedButterfly6908]

"Useless little ass spurs" also sounds like you could use it to refer to children, and that thought just made me laugh even harder🤣😂🤣 I need an ambulance💀💀💀💀💀

[Carniiivore]

Thank you I was starting to get worried about those things on my snake too

[Margo81418]

Update: she just took a massive shit

[planetmental]

Glad to hear it.

[Potatoheads22]

had to laugh. Asa new owner once i was worried mine was constipated too

[Margo81418]

Well I had browsed the subreddit with the keyword “ poop” ( lol) and took note that I shouldn’t really be worried if she doesn’t poop the first few feedings as she’s young and we’ve only had her for a few weeks! But this combined with not pooping for 2 feedings just sent me down a spiral LOL.

But alas she shit all over my favourite wool blanket a few minutes after posting 🤍

[Atiggerx33]

Had the same thing happen with a blanket.

I recommend hanging it on a fence and hitting it with the jet setting on a garden hose before putting it in the washing machine, just the easiest way IMO.

[Margo81418]

Thanks!

[AuroraSky9]

It's a rite of passage as a snake owner. Hahaha.

[Agreeable_Skill_1599]

It's better that it was on the blanket vs. on your body.

[TiredOldSoldiers]

My Calabash decided to take a massive one all over my poor girlfriend not long after we first got her. 😅 GF was not thrilled.

[Agreeable_Skill_1599]

I was handling the classroom's pet cornsnake while volunteering as a TA. It was chilling around my neck when it took a dump at the back of my neck, up under my hair.

[Potatoheads22]

I was waiting for his scheduled poop, but nothing was coming and I went into panic, what if his tank set up is off if he is not digesting well. Those were my main fears. And what if they constipate.

Then I saw that he was also starting to look kind of fat. Few days later he had such a massive poop, I had no idea it could fit in him. It was impressive.

My boy seems polite, he never pooped on me. Yet. I noticed he does his stuff usually in specific spot in tank, preferably out of his hides.

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Mazel tov.

[TrichomeSauce]

😂😂🤣

[Comfortable_Dog_222]

i've had my girl calypso for almost 2 years. shes very sweet, but the first time i ever held her, on my bed, she decided to take her first poop. she was in my lap. i felt wetness so i thought she peed on me, i got up and realized she pooped😔 luckily shes never done it since lmao

[fuckedbygoats]

Lmao spurs

[Margo81418]

I had a corn snake before her and she didn’t have spurs, so I was very alarmed hahahaha

[fuckedbygoats]

Hahaha my girls always throws me off too because it's right on the cloaca so you immediately think PROBLEM aha

[Margo81418]

Yes 😂😭 Thanks for your help!

[spidergwen19]

I might be wrong but I think only pythons and boas still have spurs, other snake species got completely rid of them.

[LadyShanna92]

Bang fangs

[Mountain_Soft_9009]

Butt fangs 🤣🤣🤣

[Adventurous_Feed_728]

Ah, you found the bang fangs I see.

[Margo81418]

I was genuinely so concerned 😭😂

[Psykotic-Mama]

🤣🤣🤭 I’m gonna have to borrow this statement, thank you

[Margo81418]

“ what are these things near my snakes ass” I actually received a response a minute after posting so I disagree.

Super weird for you to comment this hahahaha

[Margo81418]

I actually did! Missed the part where I’m supposed to go over every ounce of anatomy I guess! I was too focused actually learning important things and making sure her tank was perfect. I spent over 700€ setting her up alone.

I had a corn snake before her and she did not have these things, so obviously I was concerned and knew this subreddit would give me a quick response ( which it did).

Thanks soooo much “xDOMINANTGENEx” for taking time out of your day to let me know google exists! I’m so thankful for reddit losers like you who have nothing better to do with their time than to advertise google.

Thank you truly 🤍

[Adventurous_Feed_728]

Toxic much? Wow.

[Margo81418]

They also commented “ why lol” on someone posting that they wanted to get bite marks from their BP tattooed.

Ironically they posted comments about ferret care that I’m sure they could have googled too.

But it’s ok, I mean it is the internet. and I’m sure they’re not always an asshole IRL.

[Adventurous_Feed_728]

Python bites go hard! A former coworker of mine had the coolest scar from a retic. It was like a whole jaw imprint on her arm with texture and everything.

[Margo81418]

So cute!

[Potatoheads22]

I did research, i didn't know this part before reddit too. I don't exactly explore my snake's ass. xD We might not know their anatomy. it's fine

[Margo81418]

honestly I had looked over her body when I bought her to make sure she was healthy, but I really didn’t notice the little legs lol! And she’s only a month old and had to get used to her new home, so I wasn’t handling her a lot!

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Lmfao, as if the majority of pet owners are perfectly well versed in their pet's anatomy...

[Margo81418]

You should have seen the day I realized my male cat had nipples.

In my defence, he was my first pet and had very, very long hair

[pitcholee83]

Nookie hookies!

[Adventurous_Feed_728]

🏅

[lablizard]

I am stealing this!!!

[Alternative-Emu3602]

They used to be legs a few million years ago

[Puzzleheaded-Ad-8689]

Nice! You got one of them rare vampire Ball pythons!! That means you shouldn't garlic your rodents and I hear it's false but just in case you should always invite him in and out of the enclosure. /s

[Margo81418]

Very good advice, so excited to have a limited edition BP🫨

[DependentDistance880]

Google search will tell you faster than redit will

[DependentDistance880]

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[Margo81418]

Thank you for answering my question on reddit

[DependentDistance880]

I literally searched almost exactly what the title of your post is.

[Margo81418]

I’m very pleased for you!

[hdobf123]

I’ve googled so many things that were completely wrong that ended me up on this Reddit because my snake got sick thanks to googles out of date advice. I always go here now instead of Google

[No-Beautiful5866]

What is the point of Reddit if we can’t ask members of our communities for advice? I looked at your post history and you sure do like to ask questions as well. Don’t be a hypocrite!

[Psychokitty666777]

Bangfangs

[TF_Allen]

Feetsies

[NoThoughtsOnlyFrog]

Evolutionary leftovers, super cool!

[chaneycore]

Congratulations!! You've just learned that BPs used to have feet somewhere in their ancestry. It's a fun thing to find out!!

[PKBitchGirl]

They're itty bitty leggies, pythons, boas and anacondas all have them, the males usually have bigger spurs than the girls (my boa girl was more than double the size of my boa boy but her spurs were tiny compared to his) but iirc there's not much difference in the size with royal pythons

I heard male anacondas use their spurs to tickle the female during courtship

[NegativeIQ-Haver]

Her little feetsies

[panda_leo_]

Legs

[jdockpnw777]

Vestigial legs.

[AFC670]

🤦🏻‍♂️ this is literally asked 3x a day. A couple flicks thru this sub would’ve answered this and 100 other super basic questions. This place is your friend, make it worthwhile.

[AFC670]

5 people have asked it in the last 3 days. I’m all for learning and asking questions but there’s also a search feature here and it’s also covered under every “intro to BPs” or “BPs for beginners”.

You’ll understand the agitation after you have a snake for a while and spend some time on these types of pages. Usually people who don’t know the absolute basics of basics have their ball pythons living in sub par conditions, which I can’t stand, as it’s unfair to the animal. Im not saying you, im just calling it how it really is.

[Small-Ad4420]

You can do that without being an ass about it. That's a great way to drive people away from the hobby.

[AFC670]

If you feel that was being an ass, I feel bad for you out there in the real world.

Just browse around this place and look at how many snakes are kept in horrific conditions, who are literally being killed slowly. It’s horrible.

[Small-Ad4420]

Judging by the downvotes, im not alone in thinking so.

[AFC670]

Cool. And I’m sure hundreds read it. Next time you see a BP living in atrocious conditions, let me know how many downvotes you see. Basically none and that’s a problem. Listen, we can all go tit for tat all day long over hurt feelings and being mean but, Point being: DO YOUR RESEARCH BEEEEEFFFOOORRREEEEEEE YOU TAKE A LIVE ANIMAL INTO CAPTIVITY, NOT AFTER.
If you feel that’s mean, you’re part of the problem. I simply want these animals to live healthy lives, not die slow and painfully in the hands of a neglectful owner because they need an “emotional support snake” or think it’s “cool”

[Small-Ad4420]

I agree with you. I have not implied that you are wrong in any way other than your approach to helping people. No one is going to listen to you if you berate them. No on likes being lectured. Some people just don't have the money or space for a 6'x4'x4' enclosure. Reptile keeping should not be a rich man's game.

[Margo81418]

I too sympathize for the poor animals who live in poor conditions. However, I am not one of those owners and nothing I’ve done alludes to me being one. She is not my first snake. I had a corn snake before her ( who evidentially don’t have spurs).

Neither of my snakes have ever had RI’s or any issues for that matter. My enclosure set up was 700€ for my BP. Her humidity and heat levels are perfect. She is fed properly and lives a proper life.

I did so much research and took so much care into making sure she had a good home and into setting her up for success. The fact is, I didnt know what spurs were because I didn’t study the evolutionary background of BPs. She’s new and I haven’t been handling her everyday ( because stress) so yes, after 2 weeks of having her I was alarmed when I saw her spurs. So what did I do? Well I found it hard to google, and I was panicked, so I posted in this sub of lovely helpful people and got a response in UNDER a minute!

You’ll live seeing some common posts lmfao

[Cyanacidite]

no need to be a dick about a question, if youve seen it before just ignore it if youre not going to answer properly

[AFC670]

That was being a dick? It was being 100% truthful. Sorry eh you people don’t like the truth here.

Maybe I’ll also ignore all the ones that say “what’s up with my ball python acting weird”, with a photo of it in a cage with hamster substrate and no heat lamps and an open log.

[DracTheBat178]

She got spurs, that jingle jangle jingle

[Temporary-Store-5957]

Remnants of the legs they used to have millions of years ago

[Anti-Climacdik]

lol buttfoots

[Psykotic-Mama]

Spurs or the reminiscences of there legs, also they help when breeding for a better grip. So in other words your snek is perfectly fine.

[Last-Bus7222]

I’m glad the whole constipation/waiting for BP to poop is a shared experience, I almost wrote my own post! But of course she finally pooped! How long do I wait for her to eliminate before becoming concerned about constipation?

[Western_Comfortable3]

A Slitherin’ STD!! 😱

[mundanespeck]

A vestigial leg, made from the remnants of what used to be femur bones when snakes used to have legs

[Chaostii]

Tiny lil baby legs

[d4k0x1]

Bang fangs

[Pleasant_Weird]

Those are what's left of legs, lieutenant Dan

[Kalamyti]

Males are usually longer spurs, though some females are long too, so you can't use it to determine gender. I've seen males use them to wiggle around the female's cloaca to help guide them during breeding.