sexing ?????????

[Inferno]

ok i aint paying £18 per snake to have them sexed,so can anybody reccomend the best way to sex my 6 royals, ie popping or comparing spurs,i can post pics if anyone can do it for me or could anybody post pix of them doing it?

[Shelby]

Forget comparing spurs, it's too variable.

Popping really works best on young snakes.. probing is better on older ones. I would go to the vet, pay the £18 once, and have them show you how to do it.

[Stings]

I went to a reptile show last saturday and had 2 diffrent guys show me how to tell before i bought my first snake there.

[Inferno]

all of my bs's are under 2 years old ive popped the snakes and they all appear female appart from the oldest(22months) is considderabley different who appears to be male. Im sure ive seen a site that describes the way you can do it just cant remember the URL.

[Shelby]

When you're popping something more than a few months old, it can be easy to mis-sex them as female because the retractor muscles the males have to keep the hemipenes in place are stronger.

Here's a link you can look at:
http://www.pythons.com/probing.html

[Inferno]

im not getting the link

[Shelby]

Geez.. I am tired. Put the wrong tags on. It's working now.

[JimiSnakes]

Plus, after a few months their "socks" are longer and more intact into their tail, which means you will most probably never get a true reading.

[Inferno]

thanks

[Adam_Wysocki]

Plus, after a few months their "socks" are longer and more intact into their tail, which means you will most probably never get a true reading.

Actually, ball pythons can be popped accurately at any age if you know what you're doing ... for beginners it can be tricky.

I would suggest having someone with a little bit of experience show you how to do it at first and then practice on your own until you get the "feel" of it.

-adam