6 caudal scales is male as mentioned above. Popping becomes much more difficult as ball pythons get bigger because of their musculature. Therefore probing is the way to go. I would highly recommend doing a search on YouTube on probing videos to see how it’s done.

Personally, I’ve never had an animal mis sexed from a reputable breeder. I did end up with one snake that turned out to be male, but this was years ago and it was from someone on Craigslist.


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