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12-10-2006, 08:07 PM
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My snake stinks...
I don't quite know why. She got out today and when I found her, she smelled stinky...but not like poop...but the stink was coming from her cloaca (sp?)...She's a raincow boa...is there any reason a female rainbow boa (about 3 or 4 years old) might smell very strange? Also, this may have just been because she was agitated with me pulling her from her hidey hole, but her cloaca was open alot...
Skunk complex maybe?
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12-10-2006, 08:16 PM
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All snakes have musk glands and will on occasion let some loose (some more than others. Some worse than others). The reason for this is that if they smell bad, they probably taste bad too. It's a pretty effective defense mechanism.
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12-10-2006, 08:21 PM
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ok...I was hoping that that was all it was...thanx a bunch
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12-14-2006, 08:31 PM
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yea my kingsnakes do that alot
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12-14-2006, 08:47 PM
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i have had that done to me by the wild snakes around here all the time... blech!
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12-14-2006, 08:53 PM
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Garter snakes have a smell that makes me cringe. I don't know why but I just recognize it more so than any other I've come across to date.
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12-14-2006, 09:02 PM
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my watersnakes musk me, and that is FOUL. rottenfishmusk.
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12-14-2006, 09:07 PM
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garters are horrid! i once found one cause i could smell it in the woods (believe it) black racers aren't as strong but it smells like skunk  but it's worth it |
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um yea.... i have a tendency to smell alot of stuff from garter snakes also i know all snakes have that musk gland but for some reasons colubridsmake you want to smell worse than boas and pythons I have a corn that allways does that Grrrrrr but i still love him but my rosy boa Has never done it (knock on wood)
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12-14-2006, 09:28 PM
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