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sperm plugs a bad thing?

Postby Tula_girl » Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:21 pm

Hi everybody, I have a bluey and he has sperm plugs ALL THE TIME...they look exactly like the picture in the caresheet. Could this be a bad thing to have too many? He seems to have them every couple days or so. This might be a stupid question but what is the reason for sperm plugs? Is it just a way of relieving himself? I have mainly geckos and they don't have anything like that. Thanks in advance!

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Postby russman » Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:37 pm

I'd like to see pictures of these sperm plugs.. I'm sure others would agree.
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Postby aggiegirl » Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:41 pm

Funny, I have only one crested gecko (who is quite obviously a male) and he sheds sperm plugs all the time. Amazingly enough, he likes to eat these. :roll: It is almost like he makes a point of what he is doing. He has even done this while I've held him. It's quite remarkable how flexible he is... I am not going to make further comments as there may be kids lurking out there... :roll:
I have never seen any evidence of sperm plugs from my one year old Northern and I watch him like a hawk. I am beginning to think Pele' was a bad choice for a name. :doh:
Pictures would help to confirm.
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Postby Jenn » Wed Aug 01, 2007 8:20 pm

Some boy skinks just drop more sperm plugs then others. Maybe they are extra fertile? :noknow:


Aggie- Don't worry about the name. Stella is a boy so know his full name is Mr. Stella the Fella. Baylee use to be Kaylee until he showed me boy parts. Frankie use to be Frank until I knew more about skinks and realized she was female. I'm not sure about Christopher but if he turns out to be a she, she'll be Christy.
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Postby evil pixie » Wed Aug 01, 2007 8:43 pm

Stella is a real mans name :wink: (no offense to any females named Stella)
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Postby kris21 » Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:12 pm

Are they the things that look like white poo?
Or is that just white poo, i have some of them in my enclosure at times.

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Postby DeadEye » Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:33 pm

Jenn wrote:Some boy skinks just drop more sperm plugs then others. Maybe they are extra fertile? :noknow:


Aggie- Don't worry about the name. Stella is a boy so know his full name is Mr. Stella the Fella. Baylee use to be Kaylee until he showed me boy parts. Frankie use to be Frank until I knew more about skinks and realized she was female. I'm not sure about Christopher but if he turns out to be a she, she'll be Christy.


Yep no dramma at all dog size poo,s and oderless water pouring down your arm ....This is normal ...A box of viagra didn,t fall in did it ...lol purple diamonds ...might look like beatles .. :bad:
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Postby SkinkysMom » Thu Aug 02, 2007 12:01 am

kris21 wrote:Are they the things that look like white poo?
Or is that just white poo, i have some of them in my enclosure at times.

Kris

The "white poo" is actually a urate.
A urate is the white stuff that is eliminated with the reptile’s urine.
Both are products of the kidney.
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Postby kris21 » Thu Aug 02, 2007 1:48 am

Oh i see, thanks for clearing that up skinkysmom...love the name :)

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Postby Tula_girl » Thu Aug 02, 2007 11:24 am

Thanks for the help everybody. I should have gotten a picture of the two that I found in with his poop recently. They looked just like the ones in the picture on the caresheet. I will post a pic when I get one.
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haha

Postby aggiegirl » Thu Aug 02, 2007 11:45 am

Oh Jenn, you are cracking me up!!! :lol:
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Postby MartinsPerson » Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:07 pm

Jenn wrote:Some boy skinks just drop more sperm plugs then others. Maybe they are extra fertile? :noknow:


Aggie- Don't worry about the name. Stella is a boy so know his full name is Mr. Stella the Fella. Baylee use to be Kaylee until he showed me boy parts. Frankie use to be Frank until I knew more about skinks and realized she was female. I'm not sure about Christopher but if he turns out to be a she, she'll be Christy.


I don't know what I'll end up doing if Sebastian is a girl!! I'll have to call her Ariel then (At least I'd be in the same movie....). I got lucky and Baloo is very proud of his boy parts, so he was appropriately named.
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Postby Jenn » Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:29 pm

That was always my worry with Saphira's name. There was no way I could change that one into a boys name but luckly she was a girl!
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