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Thread: sexing?

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    African House Snake

    I know the only real way to know the sex of a BP for sure is probing, but I was wondering.
    my new BP is smaller/younger than our other one, but his spurs are quite a bit bigger. I read a few times that males have larger spurs than females.
    is that generaly true and would be a possable assumption I have one male and one female?

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    well I mean you could assume that but lots of us have done the same thing only to have to think of a new name once it was probed haha. But if you aren't planning on breeding I guess it's not imparative that you know for sure. Hope this helps
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    Generally its true that males have larger spurs. However, there is always the exception. Probing is the only sure way to tell.
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    Males have spurs that are curved inward most of the time but i have seen males and females like this. The only true way is to probe but have a professional do it. Injury can result if someone new does it. I took it to my local herp shop and they did it for free.
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