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    Probing or popping?

    Well all my babies are out finally! It's a small clutch 2 spiders and 2 normals and I popped them as soon as they left the egg. From what I could see they are all females but in case I'm wrong which of the two sexing methods would be best to use I've done both of them but never on a hatching any input would be great thanks for reading my post

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    I trust popping over probing. Everything looks the same with hatchlings except smaller

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    I do both.
    If I pop and see scent glands or hemipenes than good to go...
    Some don't pop easy for whatever reason and they get the cold shaft!
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    I didn't see any hemipenes only scent glands so that's good 4 females no males thank you all again

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    No probes shall ever touch my ball pythons cloaca...
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    My hatchlings are only popped, never probed. I rarely use probes but when I do, it is to double check.

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