Quote Originally Posted by tjones View Post
I did pop her, but im not sure if im doing it right, because i just got a normal MALE today, and it is forsure a male, but when i popped him nothing "pops" out!!! So i think i am doing it wrong!!! I noticed thought that the forsure male, has a longer tail ( from the vent to the tip of the tail) than my "female"!!! So does tail length tell me anything?!?! Is there any other ways of sexing???
Males do normally have longer tails than females, as well as larger spurs. I would not continue to pop your BPs if you don't really know how to do so, it can cause serious damage. Here is a video I found on YouTube a while back that helped me with popping my BP:

YouTube - 8 Ball Pythons - Popping Lessons