ALWAYS have a professional double check your snake sex IDing!!

[moravaguy]

Did you probe both sides of the spider? Sometimes, someone inexperienced with probing can actually injure the female and it will go deep like a male. If the other side only probes shallow, then it may still be a female. Probe very gently and as soon as you meet resistance, stop.

i see what your saying now but right there it says "did YOU probe both sides of the spider? Sometimes, someone inexperienced with probing can actually injure the female and it will go deep like a male"...............um that word you means me in that one so u was saying it to me and also say i might have injured him........and i repeat watch who you quote and if not watch all the yous you use or maybe just reply consitering this thread here is about probing in general, people need to learn when to quote

[rabernet]

i see what your saying now but right there it says "did YOU probe both sides of the spider? Sometimes, someone inexperienced with probing can actually injure the female and it will go deep like a male"...............um that word you means me in that one so u was saying it to me and also say i might have injured him........and i repeat watch who you quote and if not watch all the yous you use or maybe just reply consitering this thread here is about probing in general, people need to learn when to quote

Thanks for the "lesson" on quoting, but I will continue to quote the person I'm addressing, as that's the purpose for quoting, so that folks know WHO you're replying to.

[moravaguy]

so what your trying to say is that the person befor me could have pushed the probe so hard that it made my female a male????? has anyone ever heard of that?

[rabernet]

so what your trying to say is that the person befor me could have pushed the probe so hard that it made my female a male????? has anyone ever heard of that?

Yes that's what I was trying to say - and yes I've heard of it happening. And no - it doesn't "make" a female a male, it can puncture the female so that the probe probes deep - she'd still be a female.

But since "most" people only probe one side, it's not likely to be injured on both sides. That's why you always double check the other side when you "think" you have a female but it probes male.

[moravaguy]

well im looking for info to back this up ive been in this a while and never heard of it...i mean think about it almost a year went buy wouldnt of some scar tissue stopped my probe?

[rabernet]

well im looking for info to back this up ive been in this a while and never heard of it...i mean think about it almost a year went buy wouldnt of some scar tissue stopped my probe?

Sigh....I'm bowing out - I'll let others "back this up".

[Argentra]

Dude...chill out please. I don't want this thread turning into a 'you said' debate. She wasn't Directly saying that YOU injured your snake... she was just mentioning that she had heard of it happening. Please drop it and let the comments on sexing flow as they should.

Now then, I do feel a bit better hearing that mistakes can always be made even by the big guys. However, I still feel nervous about all my other snakes, especially the two I still want to sell.

Does anyone know of, or might they be, someone in the southern Seattle area who could probe my corns and BPs for me either free or very cheap? I have someone who put a down payment on my pastel BP female, and I want to make sure it's a female they'd be getting. Not to mention that I want to make sure of sexes before I get all ready to breed these guys.
Thanks, and keep the comments going.