Almost never. There's been a couple cases, I think, but they're pretty isolated and very rare.

And the male/female size thing...is a sometimes thing. Some males are bigger than some females, some females are bigger than some males, and some are the same size...True, the "giants" you see sometimes are almost always female, but on average there's no obvious size difference between male and female.

Nor is there much of a difference as far as care, personality, or anything else. Regardless of gender there's a chance they'll go off feed when temps cool in winter, anyway.

One of my males is outgoing (for a snake), and one is kind of an asshole, and one of my females likes to hang out in my lap, and the other likes to cruise around and then hide in the laundry. They all have their own personality, regardless of gender.

Just pick a snake you like, and don't worry about silly things like gender. I'd say don't worry about how pretty it is, but once you get one you'll magically become convinced that you've got quite possibly the prettiest snake EVAH. (We've all got that problem here whether or not we admit it )

~jenny
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318 pairs of ribs.
In stating this I place reliance
On a seance with one who died for science
This figure is sworn to and attested,
He counted them while being digested."
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