How to sex a hatchling?

In looking at this years post's I see that most all who hatch out bp's almost imediatly know the sex of said snakes. My question is how do you sex a hatchling bp? Do you probe, pop, or is there some visual cue from the egg?

Thanks!
Bill@OMB

Hi,

I pop - if I see penes it's a definate male and marked as such. If I don't see penes it's a possible female that I will re-check later.

I'm kind of a wuss about probing hatchlings. :oops:


dr del

I pop. and re-check what i beleive are female like del said jus to be sure I didnt fail at the inversion. its easiest when their young.

I pop to see which are males also. I probe after one month old to make sure. I only probe after they have eaten a few times. Probing will stress them alot and could make them not want to feed.

I pop and then probe for the correct sex :gj:.Its easier out of the egg as they dont have full muscle control :P

Yup. I pop. Any males are definitely males. Any females are marked as "female?". After their 1st shed I double check females. Then before they're sent off to their new homes I triple check again just to be sure.

if you want to learn how to pop a snake i have a tutorial on my site giving step by step instructions along with pictures.

Popping a snake tutorial

Pitoon

really nice tutorial pitoon.

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Originally Posted by jben

really nice tutorial pitoon.

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thanks! it was not easy using both hands to pop the adult male and try to take a pic at the same time.....final result was using my teeth to take the pic while i popped the adult male....

Pitoon

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Originally Posted by pitoon

thanks! it was not easy using both hands to pop the adult male and try to take a pic at the same time.....final result was using my teeth to take the pic while i popped the adult male....

Pitoon

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multi-tasking...LOL