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How to go about sexing mine
So I want to know the gender of my corn snake, just for naming it and for the sake of it. I found a probe kit online that's about 10 dollars, do you think it would be too dangerous for my corn snake if I tried doing it myself? There are many instructions and videos online, and I surely will be cautious. The only other option I have is going to find a vet to do it for me, but that is going to be too costly. Thanks for your input.
For every 15-foot python out in the Everglades, there are thousands of species of clams, trees, cats, grasses and birds that are wrecking just as much havoc across the globe. So, for all the headaches the snakes are causing, I at least applaud them for being scary enough to get people's attention.
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Re: How to go about sexing mine
 Originally Posted by omnibus2
So I want to know the gender of my corn snake, just for naming it and for the sake of it. I found a probe kit online that's about 10 dollars, do you think it would be too dangerous for my corn snake if I tried doing it myself? There are many instructions and videos online, and I surely will be cautious. The only other option I have is going to find a vet to do it for me, but that is going to be too costly. Thanks for your input.
If you do not have someone to show you how to properly do it i would then i would not suggest it.If its done wrong you could injure your snake or worse.If its just for naming it they do not know what you are saying to them so it doesnt matter 
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Re: How to go about sexing mine
Being a corn snake it can be visually sexed by the taper/length of its tail..
Long taper/tail is a male and a short abrupt taper is a female..You should be able to find pictures online of such..
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Re: How to go about sexing mine
Originally Posted by Tim Mead
Being a corn snake it can be visually sexed by the taper/length of its tail..
Long taper/tail is a male and a short abrupt taper is a female..You should be able to find pictures online of such..
I asked him to post a pic of the vent to tail area as i could give him an idea on the sex 
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Re: How to go about sexing mine
very good picture of the tail is a chance of getting the sex with 90% accuracy.
Corn snakes and many other colubrids can be sexed by their tails. While others must be probed or popped.
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Re: How to go about sexing mine
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48374791@N07/
(This website's gallery is giving me errors)
Are those good pics? My corn is very restless, so its hard to get good pics
For every 15-foot python out in the Everglades, there are thousands of species of clams, trees, cats, grasses and birds that are wrecking just as much havoc across the globe. So, for all the headaches the snakes are causing, I at least applaud them for being scary enough to get people's attention.
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Re: How to go about sexing mine
Originally Posted by omnibus2
I say its a male
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Re: How to go about sexing mine
Joe and I agree its a male, long taper..
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Re: How to go about sexing mine
For every 15-foot python out in the Everglades, there are thousands of species of clams, trees, cats, grasses and birds that are wrecking just as much havoc across the globe. So, for all the headaches the snakes are causing, I at least applaud them for being scary enough to get people's attention.
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Re: How to go about sexing mine
Originally Posted by omnibus2
thanks guys
You welcome
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