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

[dr del]

Hi,

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?

Just to say not only have I heard of this I had the cringe worthy experience of watching someone do it to their snake while learning to probe.

Granted in his case it was because the snake wasn't being held correctly and jerked its tail towards him quicker than he managed to let go of the probe but seeing it actually slide down towards the tail tip under the skin was not a pleasant experience for us never mind the poor snake.

It's hard to teach someone how gentle they have to be with small snakes - especially if they are using a probe set that doesn't have ball tips.

You can still do it with the ball tips but it is a lot less likely because of the extra force needed to actually rupture the membrane.

I'm not sure how it heals as I have never probed a snake that has had this done to them - maybe someone else can chime in with this?

And just to say (quoting from your own post )

"did YOU probe both sides of the spider?

This is a sentence where Rabernet is specifically asking you a question about what you did.

Sometimes, someone inexperienced with probing can actually injure the female and it will go deep like a male"

This is a completely different sentence explaining why you were asked the question and in no way shape or form accusing you of anything - hence the use of the word "someone"

I'm sorry but you simply misunderstood what she said.

Rabernet in no way deserved your reply but I am glad things are settled now anyway.

Sorry for drifting offtrack Argentra.


dr del