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Popping... yellow fluid

Teddy Roosevelt

Teddy Roosevelt

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At the request of a member here, I tried popping my male to confirm sex. First a whitish liquid came out that smelled a little like oleanders, and then some chunky yellow stuff SPEWED out. Was this uric acid, or semen? Can hatchlings even HAVE semen? I know it's sort of a gross question, but I need to know if I should keep trying (maybe after a warm bath for him first) or if he's pretty much just confirmed himself as male.
 
Pepper....why did you pop your snake? Are you planning on breeding? How did you go about it? I pray that you viewed Kathy's instructions prior???
 
To find out whether he was really male; Possibly, in the future; I held his head still and then applied pressure from the end of his tail towards the vent; yes.
 
It's just not something that you should teach yourself. You can seriously injure the reproductive organs if it is done incorrectly.

What you encountered was probably musk and then urates...
 
You said this was at the request of a member?

It might seem like I'm picking on you, and I'm truly not...what I am trying to suggest is that while you are a "voracious" reader, it's one thing to simply regurgitate what you read and post that willy nilly all over the board, but it's quite another thing to deny practical (i.e. "hands on" experience) as better than textbook. I'm an RN. I've read multitudes of articles regarding brain surgery, I've assisted in the surgical procedures, but regardless of the textbook information I can spout, I'm in no way experienced in performing brain surgery. Does this make sense? you've been a keeper for less than two weeks. I understand your overzealous excitement, but at the same time, you might want to have just a tad more of that "hands on" experience before attempting such procedures. Trust me, I say this with the utmost humility. I've been keeping for less than two years. I'll learn in my entire hobbyist lifetime what some of these folks will forget by lunchtime.
 
Popping is easy after you figure it out (for colubrids, anyway). It takes a while to figure out. I don't know how to explain it, but something clicks, and you know you reliably have the technique mastered. Your snake unloaded musk (probably) and urates (definitely) on you. Don't make the attempt again until you understand the technique completely (via personal demo, preferably-- or lots of vids). You can seriously injure a snake if you don't know how much pressure to apply, and where to apply it..:
 
I was hesitant to do it in the first place, so you don't have to tell me not to do it again twice. Maybe when I go back to the breeder to get more meeses (and possibly another corn?) I'll take him and have her do it.
 
Roy Munson said:
Popping is easy after you figure it out (for colubrids, anyway). It takes a while to figure out. I don't know how to explain it, but something clicks, and you know you reliably have the technique mastered. Your snake unloaded musk (probably) and urates (definitely) on you. Don't make the attempt again until you understand the technique completely (via personal demo, preferably-- or lots of vids). You can seriously injure a snake if you don't know how much pressure to apply, and where to apply it..:
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And yet, even some of those experienced breeders will charge you enormous fees to sex your snake. Beware of them. :sidestep:

xo ;)
 
If she tries to charge me I'll just guilt her about selling me a normal as an anery. How dare she pray on my inexperience! Shame!
 
Pepper said:
If she tries to charge me I'll just guilt her about selling me a normal as an anery. How dare she pray on my inexperience! Shame!
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Honestly, if she made that mistake, I would also be questioning her sexing skills...
 
airenlow said:
Honestly, if she made that mistake, I would also be questioning her sexing skills...
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I'm not gonna fault her too much on that. As I said before, the parents were definitely anerys, although not likely the same type of anery, and I couldn't even tell he had orange on him until I got him home in sharper light. (besides, I don't have too many other options without driving all around the damn state)
 
What do you mean by "not likely the same type of anery?" Do you mean one was Anery and one was Charcoal? That would certainly only produce normals if het for nothing else.
 
I didn't mean for my remark to come off as snarky or anything. I'm just genuinely curious by what Pepper meant. I, too, am still learning about all this snake business.
 
Yes, that's what I meant. Charcoal is sometimes known as Anery B. That's all I can think of to have happened, since I SAW both parents.
 
LBoz said:
And yet, even some of those experienced breeders will charge you enormous fees to sex your snake. Beware of them. :sidestep:

xo ;)
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Are you telling fibs again? I don't charge to sex a snake. Even if it is not mine.:nope:
Candling the tails of amels, snows, blizzards, etc., determining sex and then practicing popping the males is how I learned. That way you aren't squeezing the heck out of females that will never pop hemipenes they fail to possess. I agree with Dean. Have some one who knows how to do it properly show you in person if you can. It takes careful practice. I know this from experience and so do all the poor harassed male amels!
Terri
 
You know, I watched Kathy Loves video a few times, and a few more times while I practiced on a clutch of normals... didn't take that long to master, and didn't lose any... So I can see how being a newb, I'd rather practice on a Faux Anery... normal... than say a Sunkissed Lavender... Ok, I guess there's plenty of those around to practice on too, but you get the idea... Oh, and to answer the OP's question, Congrats! you got pooped on, wait until you try to pop one and it shoots out and hits you in the face.... oh... fun times....
 
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