Put your thumb at the vent line, your forefinger on his back. Gently but firmly rub down towards the tip of the tail. If it is a male you will feel two small balls slip out from under your thumb, if it is female you will feel nothing. If you have more babies at home you know the sex of try this on them first so you know what you are feeling for. There is a distict difference. This is the easiest way to sex babies and the least stressful. It works easily up to about 3 feet, but I've also had it work on thin animals up to 5 feet. The more muscle they get the harder it is use this method. I probe adults and rub youngsters.
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• Sexing Hog Island Boas - reptileszz, Tue Sep 26 07:27:43 2006
• RE: Sexing Hog Island Boas & hides - reptileszz, Tue Sep 26 07:29:03 2006
• RE: Sexing Hog Island Boas & hides - RandyWhittington, Tue Sep 26 07:54:53 2006
• RE: Sexing Hog Island Boas & hides - az_gunner, Tue Sep 26 13:01:26 2006
• RE: Sexing Hog Island Boas - PanamaRed, Tue Sep 26 11:59:24 2006
• To sex a young boa - LauraV, Thu Sep 28 02:31:34 2006
• RE: To sex a young boa - metachrosis, Thu Sep 28 20:18:07 2006
• Face turns red... - LauraV, Thu Sep 28 23:49:48 2006
• RE: laura...maybe MOOSE POOP!.... - cbreps, Fri Sep 29 08:22:53 2006
• Saw that, did you? (sheepish grin) - LauraV, Fri Sep 29 11:59:23 2006
• RE: Saw that, did you? (sheepish grin) - cbreps, Tue Oct 3 07:56:20 2006