Bloody hookup

[CrousesCorns]

Well this was a adult pair I bought last fall and this was my first time pairing them up. I was surprised at all the blood when I looked into the bin after their first hook up this season. I paired them up again 4 days later to see if it was a one time thing and where it came from. The second time there was hardly any blood and it came from the male the best I could tell. I had to stand there and watch them for 25 minutes and he finally finished. Well here is some pics of it....What do you think normal or excessive?

 

[CrousesCorns]

Since I know I might get asked they are Normal het Butter and Silver Queen Ghost X Anery het Butter and Silver Queen Ghost. They should give me some interesting hatchlings(fingers and toes crossed).

 

[sinisterserpents1]

Jeepers Mike, I thought it was just a clump or 2. That looks like a lot of blood! I dunno. Ours have spotted before, but I've never seen that much. I just read a thread yesterday (I think it was on cornsnake) about a girl who had a snake who locked up then started bleeding pretty badly and ended up dying. She said he started thrashing around and biting himself. I wondered (as did someone else in the thread) if the male didn't rip one of his hemipenes?? You better watch him closely.

 

[Nanci]

I think I'd stop mating him for this season, just in case, after what happened to Beth. And I wish, instead of people just saying "Oh that happens every once in a while," we knew _why_ it happened, which snake it was usually attributable to. I mean, no one knows the answer, but I wish we did.

 

[CrousesCorns]

I have been checking up on them both. She has ate and pooped since the last hook up. He hasn't acted any differently and I am not pairing him up with anyone else this season.

I was thinking back on the event and why it "might" look worse than it was and.....I spray down the tub rather heavily with warm tap water to raise the humidity to get them in the mood. This is a trick that has worked for me more times than not. So what I am saying is that with the snakes movement, the water I sprayed, and the blood mixing it could look worse.

I also wish I had took a picture of the spillage after their second date. It was mainly the cloudy white sperm and urates with very very little blood. It was spotty at best and I could have swore all of the spillage came from the MALE.

 

[dwyn127]

This is the spillage from three days ago and today with the same pair it was all yellow with no blood. I got the same results last year and the animals seem just fine.

 

[CrousesCorns]

There was no where near that after their second confirmed hook up.
That makes me feel a lot better. I purchased these two off a local vet and I am sure she wouldn't have sold them to me with a problem.

 

[CrousesCorns]

Here is a idea......

He might have made that mess because he's "buff"!!! Sorry I had to throw that in there since he is het caramel.

I am going to go and hide now!!! :sidestep:

 

[carnivorouszoo]

I don't think I would breed a male known to do this. I mean after seeing it the first time I would not breed him again. There may be somekind of blood disorder behind it. It could be passed on to the next generation. Then again I am EXTREMELY picky and plan to only breed the best any time I breed. That is the best available to me. Glad to here the male has not bled like that each time, very glad he is ok.