Is this what I think it is....

Because if it is what I think it is, then that means my "female" Ball python is accually a "Male"!!!!

Its this a sperm plug??? I have sexed "her" many times, and it always seems to be that she is a female, because nothing pops out!!!!

You guys tell me!!! I know it is a horible picture, sorry!!

If its not a sperm plug then what the heck is it!?!?

http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/t...7/CIMG9440.jpg

i can't tell a whole lot from the picture but It doesn't look like a sperm plug. sperm plugs look like ear wax and there is usually a good chucnk of it. females will sometimes have "something" come out of their vent I think its just skin or something? but it looks like that.

Yeah sorry wish I could help but hard to really see..

Worm?

A clearer picture would really help.

sorry i know the picture sucks, but this was about a week ago and i cleaned it up already!!!

Nematode?

LOL

No way to tell from that photo. hahaha

I know what it is. All of my snakes produce those.

A snake goes number one in it's water and that is what you get. It's urates. You're safe.

If you popped her and got that and not hemipenes... chance you still have a girl. :)

Bruce (cannot see what it is to make a call)

Here is a picture of a hemipenial cast in a water bowl.

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...9/dsc00348.jpg

What Sandy posted is a sperm plug what you posted... not one.

I did pop her, but im not sure if im doing it right, because i just got a normal MALE today, and it is forsure a male, but when i popped him nothing "pops" out!!! So i think i am doing it wrong!!! I noticed thought that the forsure male, has a longer tail ( from the vent to the tip of the tail) than my "female"!!! So does tail length tell me anything?!?! Is there any other ways of sexing???

Be careful trying to pop her if you don't know what you're doing, you can do some permanent damage from what I've read. I've seen it done several times and I'm still too nervous to try it on any of my snakes, haha.

Cheers,
-Matt

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Originally Posted by tjones

I did pop her, but im not sure if im doing it right, because i just got a normal MALE today, and it is forsure a male, but when i popped him nothing "pops" out!!! So i think i am doing it wrong!!! I noticed thought that the forsure male, has a longer tail ( from the vent to the tip of the tail) than my "female"!!! So does tail length tell me anything?!?! Is there any other ways of sexing???

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Males do normally have longer tails than females, as well as larger spurs. I would not continue to pop your BPs if you don't really know how to do so, it can cause serious damage. Here is a video I found on YouTube a while back that helped me with popping my BP:

YouTube - 8 Ball Pythons - Popping Lessons

BPs in particular can be hard to pop as they get older. If you have an experienced keeper or herp vet- probing is the best way to id the sex of your snakes.

I pop babies & if I see hemis- they are boys; when they get older & probe the "girls" just to be sure. VPI has a great vid on how to do both methods, but I practiced with my Herp vet & other keepers to get comfortable with both methods. It takes time & I am still more comfortable probing than popping.

I tried popping my little 4 month old BP, and I thought I MIGHT have seen tiny little hemis, but I think "he's" still too young for me to tell... is there an 'optimum' age to pop them?

I've never been comfortable with popping either. Will a vet charge you much to sex them for you?

My vote is for the long sought after and seldom seen Sea Monkey!:)