Probing depth

[carlisleishere]

I have a "male" butter BP that probes 5-6 scales, and I tried popping him, and only got two little nubs that did not appear to be hemipenes. My female het pied probes at 4-5 scales and my male het pied probes at 8-9 scales. I have successfully popped my het pied male numerous times, but I can't get the same results with the butter. Is it possible that "he"'s not well endowed, or is my male a female?

Also, the butter is about 350 grams. If I put him in with my het pied male, would they fight? Could this resolve the gender issue?

[carlisleishere]

At that size, if I put him in with a female, is it possible they would lock up? Could that solve this issue too?

[meowmeowkazoo]

Males don't always fight with other males, and sometimes males will lock with each other, so neither of those things would solve the issue.

[meowmeowkazoo]

Oh, just reread your post. Males being "not well endowed" isn't an issue with snakes. It sounds like there's a good chance it's a female.

[carlisleishere]

Thanks for your reply. It's too bad that I'm not in need of a female butter. I'm hoping that once it gains some size I'll be able to pop it better. I'm terrible at popping smaller ones.

[carlisleishere]

Well I just popped my cinnamon female, and she looks exactly the same as the butter. So I'm fairly certain that Henry is a Henrietta. Thanks for the help.

[mschmied]

Moztel tov! You can never have too many female ball pythons.