So Confused

[tonkatoyman]

Find youtube and search for Ralf Davis videos. Find the one on popping snakes and learn how to sex your animals. Or go to 8 ball pythons site and see adam's video of the same thing.

[Viper76]

Find youtube and search for Ralf Davis videos. Find the one on popping snakes and learn how to sex your animals. Or go to 8 ball pythons site and see adam's video of the same thing.

I actually did learn from you tube, book and all that, As i say,I check all sex snakes, And i really think my albino is female when I got it, coz i pop it, no hemipenis, till recently a friends sex it again because im planning to breed it n turn out to be male, since he got the probing set, even we dont have any reptiles vet here,we learn from book, google, reptile website n so on..

[joepythons]

I actually did learn from you tube, book and all that, As i say,I check all sex snakes, And i really think my albino is female when I got it, coz i pop it, no hemipenis, till recently a friends sex it again because im planning to breed it n turn out to be male, since he got the probing set, even we dont have any reptiles vet here,we learn from book, google, reptile website n so on..

In my opinion its still not the same as learning with someone showing how to probe safely .Do you think doctors learn from just reading books before they are turned loose to do surgeries? Nope

[SnakeGirl3]

Something to keep in mind when popping males: after they are 2 weeks old, popping is not always 100% accurate, because the babies gain sufficient muscle control and some males may not evert their hemipenes. So in effect you pop a male, see no hemipenes, and assume it is female. Especially if you've not been properly taught how to do so. This sounds to me like the scenario you have run into. You've popped it as female, but the probing tells you male. Probing is much more accurate in older snakes, so if it was me, I'd go by the probing. But do keep in mind, probing can harm your snakes (as has been previously posted here) if you aren't doing it correctly.

[Viper76]

In my opinion its still not the same as learning with someone showing how to probe safely .Do you think doctors learn from just reading books before they are turned loose to do surgeries? Nope

So do you learn popping or probing from a doctor? I dont think it necessarily, is not like u operating the snakes. I think youtube itself is enuff for looking at probing..it a straight forward procedure, Ask someone to hole it, put lubricant on the set n probe it gently, deep is male n shallow is female,am i right?

[joepythons]

So do you learn popping or probing from a doctor? I dont think it necessarily, is not like u operating the snakes. I think youtube itself is enuff for looking at probing..it a straight forward procedure, Ask someone to hole it, put lubricant on the set n probe it gently, deep is male n shallow is female,am i right?

The doctor part was just an example .If its so easy then why the cofusion? If you do not place it in the right area you will HURT your snake.

[Viper76]

Maybe this is it. the normal is 100% confirm female, weight appx 2kg. I pair the albino again with another female. So is that a lock? It ease my mind a bit when i notice that, At least I think the albino is male now.