popping vs probing

Popping smaller snakes, probing larger.

Probe definitely. Popping can be tricky cause I haven't yet learned the correct technique and I don't like to get wet or messy!:weirdface

I love it when they cooperate and just show their stuff without me having to do anything..it's like they read my mind and show me what they are! :banana::gj:

I pop most of the time, and when I need confirmation, I probe...

But I mainly pop.

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Originally Posted by ptate

I prefer popping baby balls and probing older snakes once they reach the 400g range. It's just so much easier to pop them as it only takes a second to do. You really don't apply much pressure at all and I wouldn't really call it squeezing them but more like rolling your thumb.

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:gj: I second this :)

I have never been shown how to do either. I tried popping before but I think I just ticked her off because I had no idea what I was doing. I got one snake from a friend and she said it was a boy so I call the other one a girl. LOL

I always use a probe, for some reason I cant pop them and dont want to take a chance of injuring the snake:gj:

I just learned to pop, i feel that it is much easier than probing, my cornsnake was probed when he was younger and was incorrectly sexed.

I probe because I can't pop to save my life. Anyone wanna come over and learn me how to pop?

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Originally Posted by Shadera

I probe because I can't pop to save my life. Anyone wanna come over and learn me how to pop?

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I'll be right there :)

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Originally Posted by LadyOhh

I'll be right there :)

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Holy hell, I better go put a cake in the oven and get the mai-tais brewin'! :banana: