Thanks, it's been a long time since my last clutch, but I need all the luck I can get!Originally Posted by Domepiece
I just don't like "popping" juvenile snakes, even though it's reputed to be easy and harmless when they are newly hatched, (I just never found it "easy" for some reason). My partner at the time was better at it than me, so I mostly just had him do it. I know a lot of people use the method and never have any problems, but that's the reason I got the original set of probes, (at the suggestion of an exotic animal vet I knew); I was just not that comfortable doing it, (even though I had done it many times). For some reason I always had trouble getting them to "pop", (it requires a certain finesse I just don't seem to have), and I was always felt like I was squeezing too hard. On the other hand, I found using probes relatively easy and reliable after having the vet show me how to do it. Afterward I sexed many a baby snake that way, (til I lost the durned things that is!!). According to the vet it was somewhat less obtrusive to the animal if done right, and due to my discomfort with "popping" it became my preference; though you do have to be gentle and attentive when probing babies. I guess it's a matter of preference, and I just prefer using probes.
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