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I hav a sav that is about 30" total length. if i post pictures would you guys be able to take an educated guess as to what sex it is? if so what picture angles would you need to see? I could get the pict on here right away. thanks so much

here are some pictures that i saw others had. if any other or better ones are required please let me know. thank you for any help. sorry if theres so many.

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The only way you are truly going to know is if you have a male that everts its hemipenes (ok...umm...sticks out its wiener)
If you see an obvious, largish pink/purple long thing poking out between its legs, you have a boy. Congratulations. Unfortuanately, if your monitor never everts in front of you, or if you think you see a little bit of something but aren't really sure, you could still have a male OR maybe a female. Females evert, too, though it's not as large/obvious. Some males evert just a little. Some won't evert at all. The only person that can tell you with any certainty is your very experienced reptile veterinarian, and even that can be questionable and can cause more stress than necessary to your monitor. Please don't poke around on your own... too many people think they can "probe" a monitor as they would a snake and it's detrimental.
I waited a long year and a half before discovering I had a male. I spent the whole time thinking he was a she.
Anyone on here can venture a guess based on your photos, which are very nice and all, but you might never know for sure. Hope it's not keeping you up at night...

too many people think they can "probe" a monitor as they would a snake and it's detrimental.

Could you explain me more about this?....Do you experimented it by yourself? On how much specimen? I would like to hear people opinions on this...You can't probe but you can pop, is it this?

thanks for your response. I know that looking at pictures would only be a guess and thats all I want people to do, is take an edcated guess by the way it looks from the photos. i seem to never be around when "it" is doing his buisness. and ihave never seen him evert anything so mybe I should call it a symbol formerly known as kuma.