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View Poll Results: popping vs probing

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  • pop

    40 52.63%
  • probe

    13 17.11%
  • neither I cant do it

    23 30.26%
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    Re: popping vs probing

    Popping smaller snakes, probing larger.
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    Re: popping vs probing

    Probe definitely. Popping can be tricky cause I haven't yet learned the correct technique and I don't like to get wet or messy!

    I love it when they cooperate and just show their stuff without me having to do anything..it's like they read my mind and show me what they are!


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    Re: popping vs probing

    I pop most of the time, and when I need confirmation, I probe...

    But I mainly pop.
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    Re: popping vs probing

    Quote Originally Posted by ptate View Post
    I prefer popping baby balls and probing older snakes once they reach the 400g range. It's just so much easier to pop them as it only takes a second to do. You really don't apply much pressure at all and I wouldn't really call it squeezing them but more like rolling your thumb.
    I second this

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    Re: popping vs probing

    I have never been shown how to do either. I tried popping before but I think I just ticked her off because I had no idea what I was doing. I got one snake from a friend and she said it was a boy so I call the other one a girl. LOL

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    Re: popping vs probing

    I always use a probe, for some reason I cant pop them and dont want to take a chance of injuring the snake

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    Re: popping vs probing

    I just learned to pop, i feel that it is much easier than probing, my cornsnake was probed when he was younger and was incorrectly sexed.
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    Re: popping vs probing

    I probe because I can't pop to save my life. Anyone wanna come over and learn me how to pop?
    `*`

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    Re: popping vs probing

    Quote Originally Posted by Shadera View Post
    I probe because I can't pop to save my life. Anyone wanna come over and learn me how to pop?
    I'll be right there
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    Quote Originally Posted by LadyOhh View Post
    I'll be right there
    Holy hell, I better go put a cake in the oven and get the mai-tais brewin'!
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