when do you prove the sex of the balls?

[EdShal]

i see breeders proving the sex after a ball when out of the eggs.

can you sex them when they are still babies? or maybe a few days after they come out of the eggs? when is the correct time to ceck their sex?

and which method do you sex your babies? probe or poping method?

[Wh00h0069]

I pop my babies right out of the egg.

[rabernet]

I also pop them as soon as they hatch.

[Freakie_frog]

I also pop once they hatch and again before I ship them.

[aff19802]

Some say it's easier after they shed and thats also when most seperate them.

[mrshawt]

You can do it anytime, as long as you know what you're doing. I had NERD pop my 1400g female recently because I never got her sexed. Be careful if you do it yourself as it can hurt the snake.

[EdShal]

oh.. most of you pop them eh.

because i got a friend who taught his ball a female. then when i probe it, it turns to be a male.

is it safe to probe them when young? or after their 1st shed.

[Freakie_frog]

oh.. most of you pop them eh.

because i got a friend who taught his ball a female. then when i probe it, it turns to be a male.

is it safe to probe them when young? or after their 1st shed.

If you know what to look for and how to pop properly then there's no need to probe a baby. However I do have them probe if I get in adult animals. The other they are bigger males can fool you, because they have such great control of the muscles in that area.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

You can sex them anytime you want.

I sex them right out of the egg, and then after their first shed once ready to go in their individual enclosure.

I pop them very rarely do I probe a snake and if I do it is on adults.

[WingedWolfPsion]

I pop them when I remove them from the incubator to clean them up and weigh them--then again at least once after their third meal, because it's REALLY easy to make a mistake when they're so tiny. lol
Then I do it AGAIN before I ship any of them for sale, just to be triple-sure.