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>> I have had both my snakes probed so I know my normal is a female and the candy cane or creamsicle(can't remember which) is a male.





yeah well.. get them probed again by a DIFFERENT person. Trust me - while some people do not know how to probe snakes properly - sometimes the snakes just don't probe accurately even when done by experienced people.



Example: Friend of mine had a pair of corns, one of which had been probed female and the other male by the breeder who produced them. A few years later, the "female" started exhibiting male behavior. Took the "female" back to the same breeder who once again probed it as female. We walk a few tables down at the show and asked a different breeder to please probe the snake and he said male. A gentleman overheard us discussing things with the 2nd breeder and asked if be willing to loan the now determined male snake... he had just bought an adult female and was looking for a male to breed to her plus a couple other females he had at home. Friend agreed. The guy finds us about half an hour later and opens up the bag holding the two snakes - they were locked up breeding.



Another example: I had a female black rat that probed more than once as female, but actually ended up being a male. Found out when I put "her" in with our male this year for the first time and they immediately started combat fighting.

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