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New born baby's tail deformity

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Tsepuimann

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May I seek the advice from all of you that i bought a new baby snake yesterday and when i checked it at home, i found her tail has a kink.

In fact, i m not going to give up on her, but i would still like to ask will she still can breed or will the kink affect her fertility, as it is right in front of the vent.
 

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Hi there,

I'm having a bit of trouble seeing in the photo, are the kinks actually in her tail (after the vent) or just far back in her body (in front of the vent)? If they're actually in her tail proper, then I see no reason why it should affect her at all; there's not much going on in snake tails, especially not in females, that could be negatively affected.

If it is in front of the vent, then it's more of a 'wait and see' kind of thing. Some young corns 'grow out of' kinks and they become only faintly visible in later life, apparently not affecting their quality of life. These kinks don't look too bad to me so she might be fine. I absolutely wouldn't breed a corn with kinks though; it's not clear if there's a genetic component to kinking (it's mostly thought to be due to environmental problems in development, as I understand), but I personally wouldn't risk it, and if the kinks are in her body, they might interfere with laying and cause egg-binding. If they're in her tail though, they shouldn't affect reproduction.

Hope this helps!
 
I don't think it would affect her health, but I wouldn't breed a kinked snake, because it's unclear if kinks are genetic.
 
During my recent Snowstorm, a clutch of 19 eggs resulted in 16 hatchlings during the week of 7/11/16, 15 of which were snows but 1 is a striped amel with a kinked tail, appropriately named, "Kinky!" Since Kinky is also the runt of the clutch, he is also the smallest. However, he is also a voracious eater and seems like he'll be around for awhile!! Of the 11 I have left (10 snows & Kinky), 3 of the snows haven't eaten once yet! Don't know what's gonna happen, but the one with the kinked tail seems to be the least of my troubles!!

Just sayin'. :p
 
I would be pretty hesitant to breed a female that has a kink just in front of her vent in particular.
 
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