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I was wondering if someone could tell me where I can find information on how to properly sex my 2 baby ball pythons. I have the probes, but am unsure as to how to do it. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

Jeff
JAG Herps

You use KY or Vaseline to lube up the probe so that it slides in easy (Hey, you'd want the same courtesy, right?). Then you very gently nudge it into the anal opening, the key word here being "gently". If it's a female, you'll get at most two or three scales in and won't be able to probe any further. If it's a male, it'll slide in quite a bit further, up to 8 or so scales.
What I did to learn how was I brought my big gal down to my local reptile store, and had them show me how to probe on her, and then I gave it a shot.
The important thing is just to be gentle, and you shouldn't have any problems.

~jenny

I guess to add somemore.... When you probe you put the probe in toward the tip of the tail, don't go in toward the head!! Also with being gentle, be sure that your grip on the probe is loose so that if the snake jumps or squirms that the probe will slide through your fingers instead of holding on firmly and stabbing the snake!! If you can learn to "pop" young snakes, its usually quite a bit easier and quicker!!

Jason