The best, safest and most accurate way to sex baby boas is to hold their tails upside down and between your thumb and forefinger (thumb along the ventral surface) and gently run the tail down between your fingers while applying a little bit of pressure, from the vent backward toward the tail tip. If it's a male, you will feel two small "bb's" (the hemipenes) a little bit down from the vent. They will kind of roll around under your thumb. It's really pretty obvious once you feel the hemipenes once. If it's a female, you will feel nothing. This doesn't work with older boas but has proven 100% accurate for with boas up to a few months old.

Billy

>>i was wondering what the best way to sex aggressive babies are ... i have got some crazy babies and they are just so squirmy and aggressive that it makes it harder for me to pop them ... any tricks of the trade that can make my popping easier lol ...

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• sexing aggresive babies??? - reptimals, Wed Aug 23 19:50:50 2006
• RE: sexing aggresive babies??? - ReBall1, Wed Aug 23 20:13:11 2006
• RE: Don't pop, palpate.... - BillyBoy, Wed Aug 23 20:37:10 2006
• RE: Don't pop, palpate.... - metalpest, Fri Aug 25 23:32:41 2006
• RE: sexing aggresive babies??? - PanamaRed, Thu Aug 24 20:34:01 2006