Quote Originally Posted by ama1997
Hi i have an albino corn. Its about 5 foot long. Give or take a few inches. I was told it was female from the pet shop i got it from. Heres the thing i probed it and im having a hard time telling if its male or female.The reason im asking is I was told a female should only probe 1-3 scales. It probed about 5 scales on one side and 7 on the other. I know in ball pythons that would be a male. Ive seen in some male corns probe up to 15 scales. When you probe a female there should be a hard stop right? Thats how this one was. Males have kind of a stretchy feeling when at the end. Any help would be great. I know you can kind of tell sometimes by how thick the tale is or something like that. I could get a few pics posted if that would help. Not till tomorrow. Thanks for your time.
Are you wanting to breed her(or him)? If so i suggest you have someone who is experianced with probing a corn check it for you.I say this because you can injure the snake by forceing the probe to far past the organs ending.I have never heard of any corn probing in the 15 scale area and wonder if the snake was stabbed thru the area and inturn injured.A pic might help get a guess at the sex but i prefere probing to be exact .