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Well check at the vet

sandybunny

sandybunny

Bigger house=more snakes!
Cheerio had his first well check this morning. All is well. No mites, no parasites, all scales looked fine. He pooped on the way there, so I had them do a fecal for worms. He checked out perfect.
One question, he is about 3-4 months old and I'm not positive if Cheerio is a he or she. The vet said he is too little to probe because if he moved the probe could injure him, so he couldn't tell me the sex. At what age can you determine the sex? Cheerio is referred to as "he" until proven otherwise. :grin01:
 
Uhhh, I know that you should not try to pop a snake after it gets to a size but I'm not sure about probing. If you have a show coming to your area anytime soon you could bring him and see if someone there will sex him or maybe a member from here will meet up with you to do it. I'm sure if you ask around someone will be able to help you out.
 
You can pop them until they are 1 year old and they are too big.
You may not want to try it yourself but Kathy Love explains how to do it on her site, cornutopia.com.
 
how accurate is it to tell the sex of a corn by the way their tail is?

we assumed ours was a boy until we had a look on kathys website and we reckon otherwise now, is this way of right more often than not?
 
I don't think it's very accurate. It's easy to see the difference between a confirmed male and a confirmed female's tails, but it is more difficult to guess the sex of an unconfirmed snake. The best ways to confirm sex are by popping if they are younger than 12 months old, or probing if they are older than that. Neither of these methods are safe to do if you've never done them before, so its probably best to have them checked by a professional breeder if you can.
 
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