I was curious about sexing a ball python. My friend just got a bp he adopted from a friend and we were wondering as to if its a he or she.

I know the true way of sexing them is to take the animal to someone who knows what they're donig and have the snake probed. But until then I was wondering if there was any truth to the spurs near their tail.

I know my male has the spurs and I don't think my female does. I also thought that the spur is used my males during mating, but I could be wrong there.

Do males have the spurs and females don't?