2007-03-13 06:49:47 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Those are urates which are produced by their kidneys along with urine. In the wild, Ball Pythons are extremely efficient at utilizing all of their water and quite often will only excrete just the solid white or yellow urates. However, in captivity they normally have a constant supply of water so they will also produce urine along with the urates.
I have one old female that produced a urate the size of a regular, large marshmallow!
2007-03-13 07:08:44 · answer #1 · answered by xyz_gd 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
As xyz_gd said, they are the urates, but not for the reason given.
Their urine is generally solid due to the primitive kidney system they have. Almost all liquid released from a reptile/bird is not urine, but defecation. Where a human has a large colon that absorbs water, the reptile/bird does not. The urine empties into the cloaca which is not capable of absorbing fluids adequately like the colon of a human. There it is released through the vent. Small amounts of liquid are released from the kidneys to facilitate movement of uric compunds into the cloaca, but the white urea compounds are uric salts/acid that have been extracted. Humans produce the same thing, but our kidneys produce a lot of water so it is not noticeable and is converted into a compund called urea.
2007-03-13 14:27:48 · answer #2 · answered by Rob_n_Liz 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
thats weired i dont know disect it and see
2007-03-13 14:06:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋