Is this a male?

Hi everybody,
Wondering if you all can help me out with confirming the sex of my snake here. I recently learned how to pop but Im a little worried about handling the snake too roughly during the process. I think that Im looking at the snakes hemipenes in the picture but they dont look anywhere near as long as the ones that were on the snakes that I learned on. Please take a look at the pic and tell me what you all think. The yellow in the middle was a little bit of poo that started to come out...:D

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...7/imag0132.jpg

Posted this yesterday...is there anyone who can help me with this?

Looks like a female to me. Google images, "popping ball pythons." The first two images that come up show you a male and a female. What you are showing looks more like the female.

I'm going with male. I am by no means an expert and I am new to popping just like you. But I'd have to go with male because you can clearly see the hemipenes on either side. Those are too big to be scent glands. My male (which I thought was a female until tonight) looks very similar to that so I say yes, that is a male.

If you are popping right, its a female.

But I have a feeling that it may be the wrong angle....

You may want to have someone else that knows how to do it show you how first.

But just a friendly suggestion: if you don't know what a female or male looks like, you may not want to pop it yourself as you can seriously injure the animal. :colbert:

Tough with that angle but I say a male.

sorry i have to ask .. they have flatheads in AZ.?

If you're doing it correctly, I would say female. But that's the thing with popping... lol.

if that was a male it would look more purple in that area. Thats a female.

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Originally Posted by jonesy72

sorry i have to ask .. they have flatheads in AZ.?

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I was gonna ask that the other day, but didnt :D


anyways, I'm saying female on this one, but the angle needs to be different, and please get someone to show you how to properly, I would hate to see a snake injured

also the tiny tiny spurs....

From that pic I'm gonna say female. If you take your right thumb and move it slightly to either side and kind of roll it up towards the cloaca instead of pushing down you'll get a better pop if it's a male. The penes are slightly to either side of the cloaca. Looks like you're putting the pressure right down the middle.

Thanks everyone. I thought that it looked a bit differently from what I was taught on. Im just going to take them and get them looked at by someone with more "know how". I tried to do it the way that I was taught but I was really worried about doing too hard and hurting my snake. I just really am curious to know at this point...this snake is also alot bigger than my other and the guy that I got them from says that they were born at the same time. I read that females get much bigger than males most of the time? Im gonna stop popping it though just to be on the safe side. Thanks again.

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Originally Posted by jonesy72

sorry i have to ask .. they have flatheads in AZ.?

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Oh yes! We are supposed to have some of the best flathead fishing in the country....dont know about that but I get quite a few throughout the year...I may post some pics in my gallery.

I say female those look like the scent glands more than hemi peins. But hard to tell sometime those hemipeins just don't want to come out.

Its Female :gj:
http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/s...7/100_2505.jpg

Yeah, if you did it correctly, then that's a girl. I don't see any sign of the dark purple color, or any trace of hemipenes there.

I bought a bumblebee back in May and it is supposed to be a male. I popped him when I first got him and it appeared very similar to the one you are showing. I've heard that in hatchlings, the peens can be a little more pale then normal.

I decided to pop him again today and it still appears the same way. I gotta go to work here in a bit but I'll post some pics when I get a chance.

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Originally Posted by ericzerka24

I bought a bumblebee back in May and it is supposed to be a male. I popped him when I first got him and it appeared very similar to the one you are showing. I've heard that in hatchlings, the peens can be a little more pale then normal.

I decided to pop him again today and it still appears the same way. I gotta go to work here in a bit but I'll post some pics when I get a chance.

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If not popped correctly males will pop female. Need to start far enough back to roll the penes out otherwise you get notta.

The snake in the pic is my biggest one and just over 3ft. I went ahead and bought a probing kit and probed her last week after learning how to do it safely and what to look for. She is definitely a she...along with the other that I thought was a boy as well...I now have two confirmed girls and one pastel boy in my collection.:)

What does it look like? A textbook female however like other have said it depends on whether or not you are popping right.

Not knowing are experience you are, are proficient you are at popping no one can really tell for sure.

Best thing if you do not know not very experience with popping is to have someone locally sex it for you and teach you so know how to do it.

And like a few things the more you practice the better you will get at it.

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Originally Posted by dc1

also the tiny tiny spurs....

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spur size is not a reliable way to sex ball pythons.

Popping and probing are both kind of inaccurate. You either prove it's a male, or think it's a female. Either the probe goes in deep or you show it's hemipenes.

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Originally Posted by Oxylepy

Popping and probing are both kind of inaccurate. You either prove it's a male, or think it's a female. Either the probe goes in deep or you show it's hemipenes.

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How are they inaccurate? :confused:

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Originally Posted by joepythons

How are they inaccurate? :confused:

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If the male's genitals show, you have a male, if you probe a male the probe goes in deeper. That means if you pop wrong, or the probe doesnt go in deep enough, then you have a "female" who is really a male.

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Originally Posted by Oxylepy

If the male's genitals show, you have a male, if you probe a male the probe goes in deeper. That means if you pop wrong, or the probe doesnt go in deep enough, then you have a "female" who is really a male.

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Uum i know how to probe and able to know the results :rolleyes:.You said they were INACCURATE though.I think you meant accurate ways to determine the gender :gj:

Fine, they arent entirely reliable.

I don't see any hemipenes so my guess is female.