Yeah it stopped, looks like I got all scared for nothing lol. I was going to post pics but I keep leaving my camera at my girlfriends house ! But I actually didn't probe him or anything like that, I'm just guessing. I watched a snakebytes episode once and Brian said he can sex them just by looking at the tail. The male tails are more consistent, where the the female's taile kind of get fat and skinny. I tried popping once but its hard, and I don't want to hurt him. I might just probe him to see, saw ralph davis do it so shouldn't be too hard. But is that a decent general rule to go by? Do some females look just like males from the outside?