At my local herp society, we had a ball python breeder demonstrate how to sex snakes, both by popping and probing.

None of the boas or ball pythons he sexed pooped, only a kingsnake (or milksnake, can't recall).

I took video of the demonstration, and will post a link when I get it up onto youtube eventually.

The important thing is to pick the right sized probe - not too large, not too small, and to roll the probe in your fingers (to tease it in kind of), on one side of the vent, and then the other, and use a little lubricant.
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• sexing, what to expect? - AbsoluteApril, Thu Jul 19 12:50:40 2007
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