i think Montys a girl!

[rottendj]

Hi everyone, since my last post about future breeding i went on a mission to find out the sex of Monty.
a friend has corn snakes and showed me how to pop them, its simple and harmless if done gently/firmy/swiftly and said its the same for royals.
i know a lot of people will say only get someone who has done it before on royals but i was 100% happy i could do it properly on my snake.

i went home and examined this article ( http://www.vpi.com/publications/dete..._sex_of_snakes ) to check before i did it.

after that i went and got monts out and did it with no problem, he didnt mind at all, he just wondered what i was doing with his bits

now the problem i have is telling the difference between female and male! by looking at the two pics on the link above it looks like a female as i could see what looked like scent gland papillae, kind of like little ants eggs either side of the very slightly inverted cloaca.

i would have taken a pic but didnt have a spare hand
please can you let me know what it sounds like to you, it would be very very helpful.

kind regards, mike...

[Het4Something]

from what i hear "popping" is most affective with younger snakes..... the only way i find out my snakes sex is through probing.

[juddb]

How old is he?

[rottendj]

he or she is five and a half months old...

[juddb]

I would get him probed to be sure....

[rottendj]

i would get it probed but theres no one to do it near where i live.
can anyone tell me exactly what should i should have seen when i popped it as the differences are supposedly small?

[frankykeno]

Unfortunately my camera is down and out for the count. Perhaps one of our other members could pop a male and a female of about 6 months of age, take a clear picture of what is seen and post it for this member. Actually come to think of it that would make a good pictorial sticky wouldn't it....hand position for proper popping and so forth then what is seen on various ages and genders of snakes. Anyone up for it?

[rabernet]

Perhaps one of our other members could pop a male and a female of about 6 months of age, take a clear picture of what is seen and post it for this member.

Robyn at ProExotics already has!

http://www.proexotics.com/FAQ2.html#1

[rottendj]

thats some excellent advice there but im still uncertain if my 6 month old BP is partially retaining its "bits"
are the hemipenes red with blood on ALL males and are the glands white on all females?

many thanks, Mike...

[J.Vandegrift]

i would get it probed but theres no one to do it near where i live.
can anyone tell me exactly what should i should have seen when i popped it as the differences are supposedly small?

Popping adults is just as easy as popping babies IMO. If done properly popping and probing are both 100% accurite. The difference is pretty easy to see even if the hemipenes are not fully inverted. If you had a male you would know it.