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On a whim tonight, I decided to re-probe the "female" rainbow boa I've had all these months...and turns out she's a male. He must have clenched the first time I probed when I bought him. He only went 3 scales deep the first time. This time, he went between 8-9. Damnit...now I have 2 males and no female. I was really stoked about having babies from these 2...but kept wondering why they weren't locking up.

*sigh*

I suppose my chances of finding an adult female are slim to none -- I barely ever see any of these guys out there.
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~* Jen *~

Pink Lady Constrictors

Sorry to hear about the bad luck. Who knows, you may get lucky and find a nice gal. Good luck!
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Aubrey Ross

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www.SlipstreamSerpents.com

Trying to find breeding size "anything" this time of year is tough! Good luck Jen!

Hey Jen,

Sorry to hear that but it does happen. Typically males being inaccurately sexed as females. It's just part of their physical makeup. I actually got hit with that twice last year including one I sent to Mike Lockwood for a breeding loan. Egg on my face!! The real true test to determine sex is mating, the girls get gravid and the boys are smiling
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
24.36 BRB
19.19 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

the girls get gravid and the boys are smiling lol nice lol
but you say only way to tell is breed them what if the girl doesnt get prego in a male/female breeding but yet you have 2 unkowns turn out to be both boy and try to copulate lol not all animals know who and what they should be doing my friend has a boy dog and boy cat and well yeah ill leave it there lol.

The point was the only true absolute positive method is if you put two together and get babies, then you know you have a male and a female and duh, which is which!
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
24.36 BRB
19.19 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Visually witnessing copulation like you implied is NOT proof of anything. (is a pretty good arguement though) Females can act like males, males can act like females etc. Until you have actual babies, you can't say for certain the sex of the animals in question. Yeah you can be mostly certain 99.99% sure but... until proven, there is margin for error. In addition, having actual viable babies also proves viability of parents, not all individuals are breedable.
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
24.36 BRB
19.19 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

lol so true lets just say i am on male number 3 for mice and pretty soon all them will be snake food lol all my live feeders are gone besides one and at a size were i wont have a problem finding live so once mouse bedding and mouse food is gone buh bye mice some1 will be getting a treat lol

i swear tho i have the worse luck with mice every1 pops out babies on accident and i cant get one baby when i try lol. next season im gon try rats i dont have anythign that will need mouse pinks and or fuzzies