First, let me say that I do not know how to sex a snake.

Picked up a pastel female at the local pet shop the other day. she is beautiful.

After watching the 8 ball popping video, I gave it a shot. I think I am just afraid to squeeze to hard.. but i was unable to get anything to come out on my larger snakes... including 2 that I know are males from being probed.

Anyhoo.. I tried to do it to my new pastel, and with little effort a red stringy lookng thing popped out on one side. it was about centemeter long, and was "erect" I assume that this means my beautiful new female pastel is actually a male?

anything you can share would be a big help. I will make an appointment in the near future to get my entire collection probed by a vet.

Mike