Should I be upset?

So, I was moving a few snakes into larger tubs the other night (at 2:00 AM no less, what am I a loser? :rolleyes: ) and I decide to see if our male mojave is producing sperm yet. He's only 400 grams or so, but I was curious. Well, no sperm plugs, and what's this, no hemipenes. So I pop again, nothing. I think back a few months to when I got him in, and I don't recall verifying the sex when "he" arrived. I was a little baffled, and thought "maybe I'm just too tired, I'll try again in the morning". So I wake up and try again, nothing. I even probed "him" to verify my findings even though popping a 400 gram ball isn't that tough...4 scales. I don't know if I should be upset or not. "He" may have bred late this season, but I wasn't counting on it, and now I have a jump on producing some super mojaves, so I think I'm OK with it. I definitely would be mad if I wanted a female and got a male. I guess I have to get a male now though, which I think I'm OK with too (any excuse to get more balls is a good excuse right!! :D). So what do you all think about my predicament?

-Evan

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Originally Posted by Evan Jamison

So, I was moving a few snakes into larger tubs the other night (at 2:00 AM no less, what am I a loser? :rolleyes: ) and I decide to see if our male mojave is producing sperm yet. He's only 400 grams or so, but I was curious. Well, no sperm plugs, and what's this, no hemipenes. So I pop again, nothing. I think back a few months to when I got him in, and I don't recall verifying the sex when "he" arrived. I was a little baffled, and thought "maybe I'm just too tired, I'll try again in the morning". So I wake up and try again, nothing. I even probed "him" to verify my findings even though popping a 400 gram ball isn't that tough...4 scales. I don't know if I should be upset or not. "He" may have bred late this season, but I wasn't counting on it, and now I have a jump on producing some super mojaves, so I think I'm OK with it. I definitely would be mad if I wanted a female and got a male. I guess I have to get a male now though, which I think I'm OK with too (any excuse to get more balls is a good excuse right!! :D). So what do you all think about my predicament?

-Evan

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Evan,i think since you are so upset about this not being what you bought you should just send her to me:D .Heck to be a nice guy i will pay the shipping:cool: .Sweet score:8:

If you're cool with it, I'm cool with it... :P

Hope you get some supers in the coming seasons.

Sweet!

i agree. i'd be more upset if it were the other way around (got a male instead of a female).

but what's really important... is how does this affect your breeding plans?

I wish all of my expensive male bp's turn out to be females...LOL

You got a female for a male I be stoked. Unless you really needed a male to breed to your females. Its when you pay for a female and get a little snitzle insteed that would upset me. :taz:

If your cool with it then rock on :rockon:

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Originally Posted by monk90222

I wish all of my expensive male bp's turn out to be females...LOL

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Don't count on the ones coming from me being wrong ... I actually know how to sex snakes! :P

-adam

Oh Adam I was hope more along the lines of you mistaking a Pied for a pastel.. :LMFAO:

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

You got a female for a male I be stoked.

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But wouldn't the "right thing" to do be to contact the breeder and let him/her know about the mistake? .... I don't think I'd be able to sleep until I at least tried to make things right ... If that meant sending her back in exchange for a male of equal size or for a refund of the value of a male of that size, I'd have to do it.

I believe that karam has a way of squaring things up in the long run, and I wouldn't want that one biting me later.

But maybe that's just me. :confuzd:

-adam