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  • 06-16-2009, 06:14 PM
    PythonBreeder
    Confused on the Sex of my ball?
    Okay so I popped my "male" ball python and no penes came out. But these two little brown horn like things came out. NOT the anal spurs. These were an other two. So does that mean female?
  • 06-16-2009, 06:16 PM
    TJ20
    Re: Confused on the Sex of my ball?
    Sounds like the tips of a sperm plug to me, in which case it would be a male.
  • 06-16-2009, 06:17 PM
    kc261
    Re: Confused on the Sex of my ball?
    Without a pic it is going to be very hard to say. Males and females both have scent glands, but those should not be brown, but I don't know if what comes out of them may be brown. It might have been part of a sperm plug that you saw. I suppose it is even possible it was some fecal matter.

    How big is your BP? Popping adults can be hard if you don't know how. As the snake matures, the males get more control over their hemipenes and so it may not evert if you don't know just what you are doing.
  • 06-16-2009, 06:20 PM
    PythonBreeder
    Re: Confused on the Sex of my ball?
    Well he's still a baby. But these were like little hard sharp horns.
  • 06-16-2009, 07:11 PM
    mrshawt
    Re: Confused on the Sex of my ball?
    Spurs? They should already be outside.
    Like so? http://jenny.thegreenes.org/vestigal%20hips%20cindy.jpg
  • 06-16-2009, 07:33 PM
    PythonBreeder
    Re: Confused on the Sex of my ball?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by mrshawt View Post
    Spurs? They should already be outside.
    Like so? http://jenny.thegreenes.org/vestigal%20hips%20cindy.jpg

    They are. But other ones came out.
  • 06-16-2009, 07:34 PM
    mrshawt
    Re: Confused on the Sex of my ball?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by PythonBreeder View Post
    They are. But other ones came out.

    :O I think I need a pic of this.
  • 06-16-2009, 07:40 PM
    PythonBreeder
    Re: Confused on the Sex of my ball?
    On Ralph Davis's popping video he says sometimes if you push too hard on females little horns will come out. I think I pushed too hard. So I'm not doing it again.
  • 06-16-2009, 08:03 PM
    Shin86
    Re: Confused on the Sex of my ball?
    sounds like a male...but be careful..u could hurt your snake
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