First things first, and if you did not realize it, your snake is in the middle of a really bad shed. Forgive me if you have rectified this already, but I'm just going by the picture you posted. If you haven't noticed this, your snake needs to be either soaked and hand-shed or placed in a very damp pillow case overnight (in the cage of course) so it can attempt to get the old skin off. Now on to the good stuff about sexing.....your best bet is to go to someone who has lots of experience probing snakes and see if you can get it probed. If not, you can always guess by the tail shape. Basically, a longer tail with a very gentle taper would indicate male and a shorter tail with a very steep taper would indicate female. If all else fails, just give it a unisex name like Chris or Pat. Anyway, good luck and keep up the good work on educating our youngsters about the beauty and fascination of snakes!! Billy



>>Everyone here has been a lot of help and I appreciate it very much. I have recieved more information in two days than I have been able to read on the www in two weeks. My students seem to come up with new questions everyday. I plan on picking up a copy of "The Corn Snake Manual" at Petsmart this week some time, but can I hold that information true to my ratsnake? Whats the difference anyway? I would like to answer all of my students questions but my policy is to tell them that I don't know but I will find out for them. I sometimes ask them to research for the info themselves, but their sources leave a lot to be desired. The burning question now concerns the gender of the snake. They want to pick out a name, but I dont trust my herping skills enough to tell them.

>>Once again, thanks for everyones help. Keep the forum going, its a great resource.

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>>P.S. The kids love the pics

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