I just popped HER!

[Grishnákh]

I just sexed my BP and I've discovered it's a Girl...... .

[lillyorchid]

You still may want to get a vet to double check by probing the snake. You could have seriously hurt the snake by doing that!

[Grishnákh]

You still may want to get a vet to double check by probing the snake. You could have seriously hurt the snake by doing that!

I am still getting a Vet's op.

[rabernet]

If you're not experienced popping, it could still be a boy and you weren't able to evert its hemipenes. Did someone teach you how to probe? It took me months to finally be able to do it with confidence - even on known males.

[_BoidFinatic_]

You cannot 'pop' a snake of that age.(4', I believe from your profile). A male gains full control of his 'tools' at about 28" in length. After that, it is nearly impossible to evert the hemipenes on a male. An experienced prober is necessary.

[TekWarren]

You cannot 'pop' a snake of that age.(4', I believe from your profile). A male gains full control of his 'tools' at about 28" in length. After that, it is nearly impossible to evert the hemipenes on a male. An experienced prober is necessary.

I'm not sure how true that is. I don't pop myself, I do probe...anyway when I bought my adult male het ghost last year the breeder had no problem everting the hemipenes to show me it was a male and producing sperm plugs.

[rabernet]

You cannot 'pop' a snake of that age.(4', I believe from your profile). A male gains full control of his 'tools' at about 28" in length. After that, it is nearly impossible to evert the hemipenes on a male. An experienced prober is necessary.

With experience - any sized snake can be popped - Adam does it all the time.

I will agree though that someone who's "read" how to pop, or is just learning to pop would have more difficulty properly popping a large adult and probing would be easier for that keeper to determine the sex.

[_BoidFinatic_]

With experience - any sized snake can be popped - Adam does it all the time.

I am glad that I learned this. I understood that sub-adult or adult males have so much control that they can only be everted with a harmful amount of pressure, whereas hatchlings will evert with almost no pressure at all.

[Colin Vestrand]

i've read that too, but i think its more of a provisional statement to discourage newbs from trying it... maybe. i've popped adult snakes, but only in the wild. i've never needed to sex a snake yet.

[Byte]

It is possible to pop any size snakes... but should only try if you know how to do it....

But if you know how to then your probably right that its a female.. you should have someone whos real experenced with popping try or take it to a vet...

good luck

-Kayla