Help identifying

[Snakemama86]

My friend's brother was terribly hurt and can't take care of his snake anymore. I was asked to take care of her(?). I think it's a her..at least that's what I was told. I have a regular female ball python so I figured it wouldn't be an issue to keep her so they wouldn't breed. But after getting her I realized she isn't a standard ball python...she is much too light and just looks different. Can anyone please tell me what type of ball python she/he is? Or if you can tell the sex? I really am not prepared to have babies! Thank you so much! I posted her/his pictures in my pictures... I'm sorry I'm new to this site!

[6037201]

First of all I hope his health is getting better, and feel sorry for whatever he has went through.

Too light you mean too skinny??(from the pic he looks ok) From my view he's probably a bumble bee or just simply a spider

For sex there's no way we can tell from those pics but you have to check for the end of his tail for sexual organs, if you don't know how to do it I recommend to go to a local reptile store let them do it for you because if you don't how to do it or do it incorrectly you can hurt the snake

Are you planning to put them together?? or separated if so you shouldn't be worried about breeding and stuff.. I mean I don't recommend them together anyway its too risky

[the_rotten1]

The snake in the images is a Spider. We can't tell the sex just by looking at pics, but even if they are both female it's better for the snakes to keep them separate. Your friend's brother has an enclosure for her, right? Just have him bring it over.

[Craiga 01453]

I definitely don't recommend keeping the two snakes in the same enclosure regardless of sex.

As stated above, we can't tell male or female through pictures. Popping and probing are the only ways to tell and shouldn't be done unless you know what you're doing. I would strongly advise having a vet or a breeder or somebody at least experienced with popping or probing do it and show you.

You also won't find sexual organs located at the end of the tail like mentioned above. A male would have two hemipenes where the vent is, which can only be found through popping or probing, a female will not have any.