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Sexing Corn Snakes ?

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csmaster

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I know that males are supposed to have longer tails that come to a point, and females are shorter and 'stubby' but does anybody have a pic of each male and female tails so i have a rough idea what i'm looking for

Thanks
 
There's an excellent example in Bill and Cathy Loves book, The Corn Snake Manual. You should buy the book for this and other valuable information. Really!


Cheers.
Jason
 
Is it a hatchling??

This is not a very effective or reliable method until the snake is older.
 
As I recall, the Corn Snake Manual's examples of tails were from the underside. I've always had better luck sexing from the side. YMMV.

I find the vent and then gently straighten the tail. Locate the halfway point between vent and tail tip. Run the eye from vent to halfway point. The females' tails have a fast taper and are less than half as thick at the halfway point as at the base of the tail. The males' tails have a slow taper and are half or more than half as thick at the halfway point as at the tail base. Remember, this is from the side, not the venter.

Practicing on snakes of known sex improves accuracy. Accuracy is greatest with adult snakes and poorest with neonates. Good luck.
 
Thanks for the replys :)

My tank is around 3' long and has a tail which comes to a point (almost a spike! lol) so i'm guessing its a male
 
Both male and female tails terminate in a point. Not terminating in a point indicates the snake lost its tail tip somehow. And that is equally likely for both sexes.

Sight unseen, I'd say there is a 50% chance that your snake is a male. :)
 
Here's an example. You're looking for the general shape of the tail after the vent.
 

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pinatamonkey said:
Here's an example. You're looking for the general shape of the tail after the vent.
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cheers bud, i thought mine was a female and you have jus conmfirmed it for me :D
 
what do you guys suggest the age to start considering visually sexing for corns? I visually sexed a pair of yearlings as female...Went and probed them...FEMALE! Does anyone else have the ease of visually sexing at a year, or do you think that it should be used for an adult corn only?

another thing. how is everyone sexing their hatchlings? I'm very uncomfortable with popping. and probing, I'm unsure at probing something so tiny (which is why just this season I sexed the yearlings I have). but then visually sexing a hatchling is impossible...

:confused:
 
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