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i know that i should have it probed and i should actually know how to myself by now but i dont and their is no one near me that can do it safely thats within a 2 hour drive,
so with that said i just bought a male ball het axanthic and its the first ball that ive bought and its the first one i would want to breed. my buddy is giving away a ball that might be a female but i am unclear if the spurs have anything to do with determination or not the net has conflicting thoughts on this. so the pictures im going to post are the best i can get with my camera. the snake is approximately 3 years old weighs about 5 5 1/2 pounds and the one spur is missing the other is very, very tiny. i hope the pics are usefull and that you guys can help me out.
adam
one pic is of male het axanthic

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1.1 kenyan sand boas
1.1 mbk
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1.3 ghost corns
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0.1 childrens python
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don't go by the spurs. I have proven females with large and small spurs. Ive also seen males with small spurs too.
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Dave
Phila, PA

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I would have to agree with the previous reply - spurs are pretty much useless for determining ball python sex. My big female has equally large spurs. Her spurs are bigger than either one of my males' spurs. Get a probe kit, some lube, and be gentle.

~jenny
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"The python has, and I fib no fibs,
318 pairs of ribs.
In stating this I place reliance
On a seance with one who died for science
This figure is sworn to and attested,
He counted them while being digested."
~Ogden Nash

jenny.thegreenes.org

"If you're happy and you know it,
Bomb Iraq!
If you cannot find Osama,
Bomb Iraq!
If the terrorists are frisky,
Pakistan is looking shifty,
North Korea is too risky,
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Are you near SE Connecticut?

I can show you how to probe them correctly. A cheap probe set on Big Apple is less than $20 too.

Alan

no im not wish i was though im in ny near buffalo just a little more south
thanx for the offer though
adam

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hybrid breeders association
1.1 sinacorns
1.1 kenyan sand boas
1.1 mbk
1.1 albino corns
1.3 ghost corns
1.0 snow corns
1.0 jurassic milk
0.1 bloodred
0.1 striped albino corn
0.1 childrens python
0.1 albino nelsons
0.1 anery motley
0.1 albino banded cal king
0.1 normal corn het hypo,anery
0.1 hypo tang hondo