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Has anyone had luck using the popping method from Kathy video? I have tried on both of my snakes, no luck.

Question: On her video it shows male, but what does a female snake look like when you try the popping method?

thanks
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I would say you have females. The way to test popping is with a male so you will get a feel for it. You don't want to squeeze too hard!

Can't you also tell the sex of the snake by the length of the tail? i'm sure that's not as reliable as probing, but from what I've heard males usually have a much longer tail than females.

Ok. When I tried I notice in the vent there were two dark dots inside on both sides of the vent, but nothing ever popped out like the video.

If you look closely at the video she shows a male first and then a female. Try it with your thumb further back towards the end of the tail. How old/large a snake are you doing this on?

Joanna

roughly a year and around 24".

I doubt a beginner could reliably pop a snake that large. Once they get to be about 18" long or so, the male has a much stronger set of muscles to keep the hemipenes inside them. So, it requires more pressure than is safe to exert to pop a larger snake.

I would take your animal to someone more experienced in sexing them, or post some pictures of the animals from the underside, from the vent to the tip of the tail. We're usually pretty accurate.
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Darin Chappell
Hillbilly Herps
PO Box 254
Rogersville, MO 65742

Hoping I took these right, just let me know if I need to take more.

Amel Bottom

Red Bottom 1

Red Bottom 2

i dunno about the amel, but the red looks like a male to me....if it were up to me, i'd say the amel was a female, but its iffy

~kin
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~SNAKIES~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Corns:
.1 Normal (Gertrude)
1. unknown hypo? normal? (Romeo)
1.2 Miami Phase (Hector, Emily, Charlotte) thanks jeff!
1. Amel het Blizzard (Dunesbury)
1. Classic het Hypo, poss het Amel, Anery (Cobra)
1.1 Classics (Henry VIII, Cassy [Emilys babies])
.1 Amel (Pepperoni)
1.1 Hypo zig zags poss het Caramel (Bernard, Abegail)
.1 Classic het Hypo, Stripe (Gracie Lou) {Reduced black}
1.1 Anery het Motley (Lleroy, Persia)

Rats:
1.1 Black rats (Willard, Cecily)

Cal Kings:
1.1 Striped Cal Kings (Dweezil, Skunky)

Other:
0.0.1 Worm Snake

~~~~~~~~~~~~~LEOPARD GECKOS~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1. Normal het Midnight Blizzard (Mr. Spot)
0.1 Blizzard (Blitz) SHE WAS FOUND ALIVE!!!!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~TURTLES~~~~~~~~~~~~
.1 white cheeked mud (Opel)
.1 snapping turtle (no name)

Hey Nice to see that you are around again. How are the babies?
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****Misty****

http://www.sneakyserpents.com/

"Yesterday was the deadline for all complaints"

Not counting Hatchlings, this is what I have.........

1.1.2 bearded dragons
9.18.0 corn snakes
1.1.0 jungle corns
1.2.6 California King
1.0.0 Mexican Black king
0.1.0 Blotched (variable) king
0.1.0 Lavender Brooksi king
1.0.0 Sinaloan milk snake
0.1.0 Tri-Hybrid milk snake
0.1.0 rat snake
1.1.0 Arizona mountain king
1.1.0 Congo African Grey Parrots
0.1.0 German Shepherd (hybrid) dog

they are soo cute!!! some are starting to looks like daddy with the high orange and some are 100% miamis. i have 2 or 3 keepers with just a spot or 2 of zig-zagging but sunday will be their first feeding day. sorry about dissapearing i was blocked from on here for accidentally saying a bad word. and i really didnt mean too....i would have e-mailed you more, but my internet at home is down...and my computer here at work has 32 virus' sooo i'm trying to stay away from my e-mail. when monday comes around, if i'm not too busy, i'll let you know how many ate and whatnot. but it surprises me how some can have so much orange already since they have shed. but i'm already trying to pick and choose my breeding plans for next year. i think i'm gonna use jeffs w/c charlotte with romeo and possibly emily with her F1 son since emily is supposed to be het for something....just not sure what yet. i know her first clutch had 1 reddish ghost??? so hopefully i'll get a surprise outta that. btw how are all your babies?? have you talked to jason?? how are his eggs? sorry for being a stranger!!

~kin
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~SNAKIES~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Corns:
.1 Normal (Gertrude)
1. unknown hypo? normal? (Romeo)
1.2 Miami Phase (Hector, Emily, Charlotte) thanks jeff!
1. Amel het Blizzard (Dunesbury)
1. Classic het Hypo, poss het Amel, Anery (Cobra)
1.1 Classics (Henry VIII, Cassy [Emilys babies])
.1 Amel (Pepperoni)
1.1 Hypo zig zags poss het Caramel (Bernard, Abegail)
.1 Classic het Hypo, Stripe (Gracie Lou) {Reduced black}
1.1 Anery het Motley (Lleroy, Persia)

Rats:
1.1 Black rats (Willard, Cecily)

Cal Kings:
1.1 Striped Cal Kings (Dweezil, Skunky)

Other:
0.0.1 Worm Snake

~~~~~~~~~~~~~LEOPARD GECKOS~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1. Normal het Midnight Blizzard (Mr. Spot)
0.1 Blizzard (Blitz) SHE WAS FOUND ALIVE!!!!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~TURTLES~~~~~~~~~~~~
.1 white cheeked mud (Opel)
.1 snapping turtle (no name)

mmmm
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hybrid breeders association
0.0.32 baby corns
2 leo eggs-due sept
0.1. normal corn het hypo,anery
1.0. snow corn het hypo,anery,amel
1.0. amel corn unknown hets(4ft 8inch long)
1.0 sinacorn
1.1 kenyan sand boas
0.1 mbk
0.1 albino nelsons
0.2 normal leo geckos
1.0 blizzard leo gecko
0.0.1 3 lined mud turtle

Image when I bought these from breeder last year, the red was listed as a female and the amel was a male.

This is frustrating. I call around town to some the vets and they want $57 to $75 to probe them to determine the sex.