Male vs Female... Which do you prefer?

[Rapture]

Females because I am too male-heavy... hahaha

But actually when I think about my collection in particular, most of my males are more outgoing than my females.

[Emilio]

Right now I'm going to be at 6.7 and after this breeding season I should be at about 6.10 or 11. So far my preference with female's is their eventual size annd of course I will be needing them for breeding in the future. Big female's are super cool!!

[Alice]

well i personally think females are always better... why you ask? because when we picked up our first ball the breeder told us... "an adult male is really hard to find a home for, if you find you need to rehome it, but an adult female is always in demand."

Very good point Aleesha!

I also agree with Robin that it depends what your plans are and what you already have. If recessive, I try to always go for the female first because she has to grow up a couple of years before being ready to breed. If co-dom, I tend to buy the male. But then again, if a particular snake catches my eye, all that good advice goes right out the window!

[frankykeno]

In the end, male or female, morph or normal...they all produce snake poop. So I figure since you'll be picking that up for a pretty good number of years....choose the snake you personally love!

[fishmommy]

correct me if I am wrong, but aren't males more likely to go off feed for periods of time as adults than females are? I believe it's part of their breeding instincts to fast...... so females might be a bit easier on the nerves



I think I am preferring males....I like a more slender body shape.
This is all just aesthetics talking....I don't have enough experience with keeping snakes to have any other basis for preference

my male BP is quite outgoing though...that was an interesting observation someone posted earlier.

[martyb]

either would do perfectly i just want to get one!!!!!!!!1

[Kagez28]

i have to live with enough females....

but i can never say no to a female BP

[rmune0750]

Female only because they get a lil bigger...

[anthrpicdecadnce]

heh, we all have the same reasoning for liking females haha

[Ophiuchus]

I'd probably choose a male since, like someone said, they stay smaller than the fems.

Boy, people sure like making polls around here...not that its a bad thing; just making an observation (shields head from thrown produce).