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  • 08-23-2008, 08:37 PM
    Mike Cavanaugh
    Please help me sex / figure out this snake
    PLEASE READ THIS FIRST.

    This snake has been sexed as a female 3 times (the guy I got her from, the local pet shop, and a reptile vet.) After popping her, I am totally confused. Please understand that the pictures do what I am talking about NO justice. I know what a scent gland is supposed to look like. I know what a hemephene looks like. Problem is that there are either 2 sets of scent glands on each side or something else funky going on. In all pictures the tale is to the left, the head is to the right.

    Please help me guys... Am just missing somthing obvious here? what the hell is number 1, and what is number 2?

    http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...a/DSC00601.jpg

    http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...a/DSC00602.jpg

    http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...a/DSC00603.jpg

    http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3.../DSC006000.jpg

    thanks for your help everyone.
  • 08-23-2008, 08:40 PM
    Patrick Long
    Re: Please help me sex / figure out this snake
    It almost looks like a male with missing hemipenes.
  • 08-23-2008, 08:42 PM
    butters!
    Re: Please help me sex / figure out this snake
    looks like a girl to me
  • 08-23-2008, 08:43 PM
    qiksilver
    Re: Please help me sex / figure out this snake
    how hard are you pressing? you could be over-popping her
  • 08-23-2008, 08:48 PM
    Ginevive
    Re: Please help me sex / figure out this snake
    I would say female, from my moderate popping experience seeing it done. Usually, two flaming red rockets pop out for a male.. weird.
  • 08-23-2008, 08:53 PM
    Patrick Long
    Re: Please help me sex / figure out this snake
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by qiksilver View Post
    how hard are you pressing? you could be over-popping her

    Didnt even think of that.
  • 08-23-2008, 08:59 PM
    juddb
    Re: Please help me sex / figure out this snake
    Wow Mike i am totally confused:confused:. Not sure what i am seeing. I would like to see what the more experienced say about this one. I sure hope its a female;)
  • 08-23-2008, 09:07 PM
    Mike Cavanaugh
    Re: Please help me sex / figure out this snake
    well, at least there is some question here as to what is going on and I am not a complete idiot...

    As far has how hard? No idea. Doing it as hard as I normally would. I now have 15 balls here, and all of the others when popped do NOT look like this. the females when popped have a scent gland on each side. the males have obvious big blood red hemephenes that pop out.
  • 08-23-2008, 09:08 PM
    Patrick Long
    Re: Please help me sex / figure out this snake
    Now Im not an expert, but it looks almost scar tissue like material where the base of the hemipene would be.
  • 08-23-2008, 09:11 PM
    jknudson
    Re: Please help me sex / figure out this snake
    Looks female to me, that animal definitely looks fully everted, and if it were a male you'd know. You can see the anus and scent glands I'd also say she's "over popped".
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