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Probing

michieldewit

michieldewit

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So I watched a lot of videos about probing and talked to some people about it and decided to give it a go.

My first corn snake "Pepper" (44") I went in about 2,5". Because I have never done this before I was satisfied with that and didn't want to go in any further :p

The second snake "Goby" (41") I went in about 1,5". She really didn't seem to like it much so I decided to stop for now.

Now here is the thing, all the videos I see they tell ya to go in till it stops and then compare. but every time I see someone do it to a female they only seem to go in 1,5" to 1". Does this mean its pretty safe to say that both of my snakes are male?
 
Actually, 1.0 inches on a proven female would surprise me. I should say, .25 to .5 inches for a female.
 
oh, I guess I made a little mistake in my post....I meant 0.5" to 1"

is there any place here where I can edit my post?
 
You can never really say a snake is female unless she lays eggs. Or male unless the snake you breed him to lays eggs. Or you pop him as male as a hatchling.
 
ok thnx, I guess I will go with male for now and I'll have to start looking for a very cheap 2 year+ female. (I have like no money :p)
 
I'm not sure if this an accurate way to determine sex at all but I know that when my males shed you can clearly see the two little blood spots near his vent which I was told is from their hemipines (I hope I spelt that right) and their pretty easy to see on older snakes, I'm just not 100% sure if the same thing happens with females as I know that both boys are males as they were popped as hatchlings In front of me.. so I have no females to go by..

hopefully someone can tell me if this a good way to tell or not I would truly appreciate it, as this is just a logical guess on my part.. :) lol
 
I was recently at a reptile show and they did not use probing to sex the snake. They just kind of pinched an area together in the snake's tail to show me. If two little circular objects pop up, it's male, if it doesn't it would be a female. Now is this method accurate?
 
If it's a male (and you don't mistake scent glands for hemipenes), then it can 100% determine males.
 
LoveHolic said:
I was recently at a reptile show and they did not use probing to sex the snake. They just kind of pinched an area together in the snake's tail to show me. If two little circular objects pop up, it's male, if it doesn't it would be a female. Now is this method accurate?
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Female hatchlings have two little white mounds that will pop out; scent glands. Males have two hemipenes which may be white or red, and one or both (or neither) may pop out. They are thin and straight, like little sticks.
 
Chip said:
If it's a male (and you don't mistake scent glands for hemipenes), then it can 100% determine males.
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well both of my boys are 100% males then! and they were popped right aswell!

just wondering do the scent glands of a female look the same on the shed as a males umm.. parts? lol or are they smaller? the dots i see on my yearlings shed are about 2-3 mm. around, and very easy to see!
 
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