Well after the good luck of 2 for 2 with the unsexed balls we had (our 05 and the 03 we adopted) we figured that was that.

Dropped into the pet store a few days ago and they had just gotten in two larger sized ball pythons from two different private owners (pets) over the past day or so. Since they know us very well, they agreed to hold these two snakes so we could get them sexed by our herp vet and if they were females to discuss a deal for them both.

Today was the appointment and folks...it's happened again! 2 for 2! Both females, both healthy though one has a bit of scarring from what the vet says is likely an old burn from a heat lamp inside an enclosure. It's fully healed and should cause her no problems. Neither have mites or ticks and are in good body condition.

The vet estimated the lighter colored female as 2 to 2.5 years old and weighed her as 907 grams empty.

The darker colored female (Mike's favorite as she's quite dark tho is in shed currently) is estimated to be at least 3 years old and weighed empty at 1190 grams.

Both females are in decent shape, didn't mind being handled or probed so we made a deal with the pet store as they haven't had much costs involved with these snakes at all....got them for an amazing price!

So come Saturday we'll be the proud owners of:

1 05 female
3 03 females
1 02 female

Finn has his future all planned out LOL.

Also our wonderful vet took the time to teach me how to probe. She probed them first but did not tell me the results, then I probed and she confirmed that I was right they were both girls! I will go back for a few more supervised probes but I was pretty amazed at how slick it is once you are shown it.

What a day!


~~Jo~~