Stubborn Males

So I was reading a post about popping and decided to give it another try. I tried my het pied male and I got a nice sperm plug but no hemipenes. Now I know he is a male because he was the father of the clutch of eggs I got last season. So I put him back and took out my spider male. Same thing, sperm plug but no penes. Then he PEED on me! I cleaned him up and wiped myself off and tried again, still nothing. :(

Now I know the penes are in the tail, right? So I put my right thumb right up against the cloaca and pulled the scale back slightly and pushed up with my left thumb. I've watched videos and had someone show me but I still can't do it. :( And I know the males aren't really being stubborn. I just don't know how to do it.

If you can't do it yourself, you need to find someone to show you in person.

You can harm your animal by doing it wrong.

I have had someone show me in person. They popped my snake right in front of me and showed me how to do it. I tried and couldn't do it. I can easily probe my adult snakes no problem but I need a new set of probes. But when it comes to breeding season if I get any hatchlings, I will need to know how to pop.

Its one thing to see it being done, and another thing entirely to being shown and taught how to do it.

You need to get another lesson.

Practice (with supervision) makes perfect