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  • 07-29-2012, 08:58 PM
    hunter0443
    help
    i need help i think my snakes have been missed sexed :( can anyone help me
  • 07-29-2012, 09:00 PM
    PorcelainxDoll
    Why do you think that?
  • 07-29-2012, 09:16 PM
    Stewart_Reptiles
    You need to see if you can find someone in your area that knows are to sex snakes. Location would help ;)
  • 07-29-2012, 09:18 PM
    Crazy4Herps
    Don't worry about it; males and females are basically identical externally (except that females usually get to be a bit larger as adults), and husbandry is the same for both sexes. I've had my ball python for almost 6 years, and only a few months ago I discovered that "she" might be a male. I'm still not sure either way, and I probably never will be. Many keepers acquire snakes from people who do not know the gender and keep the snake for its entire life without knowing. It seems weird, but hey, they don't care if we call them by the wrong pronoun.

    If you really want to know, you can take the snake to a vet and have it probed. It is not a pleasant experience for the snake, and just not worth the money imo. Unless I suppose you're trying to breed the snake. Then you might want to know.
  • 07-29-2012, 09:21 PM
    hunter0443
    well i watched a video online about poping so i tried it and it worked i did not see anything thing that the males have the 2 red things idk if i did not do it hard enough or wat but when i did it yellow stuff came out idk wat it was i hope he/she is ok..and i live in chicopee mass
  • 07-29-2012, 09:24 PM
    rabernet
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by hunter0443 View Post
    well i watched a video online about poping so i tried it and it worked i did not see anything thing that the males have the 2 red things idk if i did not do it hard enough or wat but when i did it yellow stuff came out idk wat it was i hope he/she is ok..and i live in chicopee mass

    Probably sperm plugs, which males produced. And you probably don't have technique correct for popping.

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  • 07-29-2012, 09:29 PM
    hypnotixdmp
    Be very careful with the popping method as it can harm the snake!!! If you don't even understand what the little "red things" are and that males have 2 and females have 1 then I suggest you not even try this. Take it to someone who has a probe set to sex the snake!!!!


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  • 07-29-2012, 09:38 PM
    Zombie
    Have someone sex it for you. You can injure the snake if its done incorrectly....

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  • 07-29-2012, 09:41 PM
    Mastil
    Yeah I would take it and have it probed. I will need to learn to pop or probe snakes in the next year or so to sex hatchlings when I start breeding but I would not want to learn from a video would rather learn from someone experianced at it first hand. I in ow that inpropper probing or. Popping can harm the snake and I would not wish that on any of min or anyone else's. So I recommend taking it to someone who knows what they are doing
  • 07-29-2012, 10:18 PM
    hunter0443
    Does anyone know what the yellow stuff could have been? And I plan to talk him/her to a vet as soon as they open in the morning
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