sexing bps by size of thier tail?

I just seen a video on you tube and they said if your bp has a longer and skinnier tail its a male and if its real short and fat its a female.has anyone heard of this and is it true?

Heard of it, yes - believe it? no not really.

I suppose if both animals were the same age, size and condition then you might be able to detect structural evidence of hemipenes or something - I couldn't but maybe someone can.:confused:

I'd rather get it confirmed by either popping or probing and leave the tail squinting for my corns.:P


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Originally Posted by beardieguy

I just seen a video on you tube and they said if your bp has a longer and skinnier tail its a male and if its real short and fat its a female.has anyone heard of this and is it true?

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My females are the exact opposite, they have long skinny tails, and have all been probed and sexed by vets as well.

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Originally Posted by beardieguy

I just seen a video on you tube and they said if your bp has a longer and skinnier tail its a male and if its real short and fat its a female.has anyone heard of this and is it true?

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Yeah- some smart-pants man came up with it! :8: Don't believe everything you read... Have you seen (8Ball) Adam's popping video? Or Jas' popping video? They can teach you how to pop, or pop, your snake reliably. :D

I've also heard of it being as saying males have smaller shorter heads. And females have longer ones.

Like said above, you may be able to spot a few. Or see a few that confirm the idea. But both ways is entirely inconclusive. And the animal should be probed for the most accurate diagnosis.

Sorry for the long post. But yes I've heard of this method.

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Originally Posted by beardieguy

I just seen a video on you tube and they said if your bp has a longer and skinnier tail its a male and if its real short and fat its a female.has anyone heard of this and is it true?

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Not always true :colbert:.In my opinion if it comes from youtube then its a lie :rofl:.

Well....you DO have a 50/50 chance of being right by sexing that way! ;)

i always thought that females had longer, thin tails but i wouldnt trust it - i popped my two using the 8ball vid.

Ralph Davis explains the poping technique in depth in his youtube channel. Be careful when poping if done incorrectly by just pressing down instead of rolling up the hemi you may confuse a male for a female, also explains how to properly hold the snake.

Get really familiar with poping the snake, done right it can be very accurate, if not then either learn to probe or have them taken to a pro for sexing. but yeah, the tail thing is not very accurate since my big girls tail is smaller then the males and there exactly the same length, maybe 200-300 grams difference...

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Originally Posted by starmom

Yeah- some smart-pants man came up with it! :8: Don't believe everything you read... Have you seen (8Ball) Adam's popping video? Or Jas' popping video? They can teach you how to pop, or pop, your snake reliably. :D

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do you have a link to Adams popping video?

Go here: http://www.youtube.com/ralphdavis. It is Ralph's page and he has a couple of great vids on popping!

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Originally Posted by rmune0750

do you have a link to Adams popping video?

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Here you go. :)

http://www.8ballpythons.com/journal/poppinglessons.htm

anyone have the link to Jas' popping video?

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Originally Posted by bigballs

anyone have the link to Jas' popping video?

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:rofl::rofl: I don't know if it's still up anywhere... Gods that was funny :rofl::rofl:

you were right on short female long male but i would say with bps its not accurate at all! i work at an exotic animal shop and probe peoples snakes all the time to figure out sexes and bps have the largest range of tail and spur sizes compared to any other snake i sex. I would say the tail trick works on sexing boas bout an 80% + of the time tho. heres another good video on sexing from bhb. hope this helps =)

YouTube - SnakeBytesTV-sexing up some snakes!