Snake Sexing?

[nimbuzz]

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone'd be able to give me a hand with Boo, my 4 month old corn? I think Boo's a girl, but I kinda want some other opinions too. (not very experienced with guessing sexes).

So, here we are - this is the best tail shot I have.

 

[nimbuzz]

Okay, SO, I've got a few more shots of said snake in question - SO ONWARDS:

 

[Ellie<3snakes]

I think its a girl because girls usually have longer and thinner tails when you start to come to the end of it. Im not sure though so dont trust me...i would get a few more opinions.

 

[nimbuzz]

Thanks for the input! I think it's a girl too, just not too sure yet. S/he's got an early July birthday, so that makes her/him about 4 months old. That what I was told anyhow.

 

[Karl_Mcknight]

I'm saying a little girly too

 

[nimbuzz]

Thanks! I don't plan to breed her, so it's just a curiosity thing. I don't want to cause her possible undue stress by getting a professional to identify her. I think Boo works either way though.

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[Colorguardchic19]

It looks like she has a light belly color. If you hold her up and hold a flashlight on the top part of her body by her vent area, you should be able to look at the belly and see if there are hemipenises

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[nimbuzz]

It looks like she has a light belly color. If you hold her up and hold a flashlight on the top part of her body by her vent area, you should be able to look at the belly and see if there are hemipenises

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Oh whoa I didn't even think of that, thanks! And yeah, her belly's solid white. Thank you!

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[nimbuzz]

It looks like she has a light belly color. If you hold her up and hold a flashlight on the top part of her body by her vent area, you should be able to look at the belly and see if there are hemipenises

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Also, I did see something pinkish when handling her (near vent), likely to be what I'm looking for? *has never sexed a snake before*

 

[Colorguardchic19]

If you're looking with a light you're gonna wanna look for two long penises within the snake for a boy coming from the vent area or you'll see nothing pretty much and it's a girl

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[nimbuzz]

If you're looking with a light you're gonna wanna look for two long penises within the snake for a boy coming from the vent area or you'll see nothing pretty much and it's a girl

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Oh right, okay. I'm guessing there's gonna be a tiny bit of something to see for a girl too, am I right? Sorry for the slightly oblivious questions, just trying to work this out. oke:

 

[Colorguardchic19]

Yeah its two little nubs

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[DollysMom]

I vote for girl; it looks to me like the tail continues to taper after the vent.

 

[daddio207]

Yeah tail shape looks like a girl. If your not going to breed it then it is definitely a girl. Its the Murphy's law of snake breeding

 

[Jessicat]

Ok so first of all.. please excuse the extreme finger closeups! :awcrap: I took these a long time ago, and they're the only pictures I have of the subject matter. Here are males and females being popped. Note that your snake looks too old/big to pop now.

Female


Male


Hemipenes! (They look much freakier full grown).

 

[nimbuzz]

Thanks for all the input, guys! Also massive thanks to Jessicat for those pictures! They were really informative! Because she's so light on the belly, I (tried to) took a look with a light and it definitely looks closer to a she (much shorter sihouettes). I'll try to get a picture of that.