I'd like opinions from any and all experienced breeders and/or keepers. If that's not you, and you don't have any helpful comments then PLEASE just go to the next thread. I need help and I don't know what else to do.

I'll give you the short version. We bought this ball thinking she was a female. Her gender was not confirmed at the time of sale because I only know how to pop, and she was too big and thick for me personally to pop. We have since taken her to a local semi-exotic pet store that also sells snakes, and had her probed by the store owner. His probe bottomed out at 3/4'' and he called her a MALE. Prior to having her probed I was reading everything I could find regarding probing. The things that I read suggest that a male of this size (4' long and 1587 grams) would be probed between 2.5 to 3 inches deep, and females as deep as 1 inch. If that's true, then wouldn't that make her female?

I have an idea. I know it's a long shot, and I know I may be grasping at straws, but I don't know what else to do.

I have a book that says some experienced breeders/keepers can determine the sex of a snake by factoring the age, size and weight of the snake, and then the size and distance from the snake's cloaca to the tip of the tail. If that's true, and you're one of those people, I would really appreciate your help. My BP is 10-years-old, 4' long and 1587 grams. It's 3.75'' for the cloaca to the tip of the tail.

So what do you think, male or female?



Thank you very much for your time.