Can be done either belly up or down, I like belly up so I can see better what I'm doing. Grasp baby just above the vent with one hand. Place your other thumb along the spine for support. Slide your finger tip along belly from vent toward tail (moist finger tip helps). About 1/2" to 1" down the tail, if it's a male, you will feel one or two little bumps inside the tail slip under yoru finger tip. Those are the tips of the hemipenes. Commonly refered to as the BB's.

Here's a GIF showing it being done....



Right about the end of the colored belly pattern is where I found the BB's on this male.

Try it over and over again on several babies until you find a male. Once you have a known male you can practice on him to tweak your methods and presure applied etc.
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Thanks,


Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com



0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

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• now comes the fun part...what is the - aboaslife, Wed Feb 4 23:28:16 2009
• I like palpation..... - rainbowsrus, Wed Feb 4 23:48:51 2009
• RE: I like palpation..... - amiemac9, Thu Feb 5 06:31:50 2009
• RE: I like palpation..... - FloridaRedTails, Thu Feb 5 07:09:31 2009
• RE: I like palpation..... - ceniceros, Thu Feb 5 12:34:26 2009
• RE: I like palpation..... - woodsracer, Thu Feb 5 15:55:08 2009
• Thanks to you... - charmer, Thu Feb 5 20:30:32 2009
• RE: I like palpation..... - DahlalLotus, Sun Feb 15 10:11:39 2009
• Perfect description Dave ... - Morgans Boas, Thu Feb 5 11:38:52 2009
• I knew I messed a point or two... - rainbowsrus, Thu Feb 5 11:56:23 2009
• While that is a great way....... - John_Kielbasa, Thu Feb 5 12:13:09 2009
• RE: While that is a great way....... - rainbowsrus, Thu Feb 5 12:59:38 2009
• RE: While that is a great way....... - John_Kielbasa, Thu Feb 5 13:58:42 2009
• RE: a side note... - woodsracer, Thu Feb 5 16:05:02 2009
• RE: now comes the fun part...what is the - aboaslife, Thu Feb 5 17:56:51 2009