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I have a question that I'm sure someone in here has the answer to. When popping ball pythons I sometimes see the hemipene come out. Obviously male. Other times I don't see anything at all.....female. Sometimes though, I just see 2 bumps where the hemis would come out. Sometimes the nubs are white and sometimes red. No matter what I do I can't get a hemipene to come out of either side. The ones I can get to pop male are always easy to pop, both sides. I can't ever get these others to do anything more than show the small nubs. Are these females?

>>I have a question that I'm sure someone in here has the answer to. When popping ball pythons I sometimes see the hemipene come out. Obviously male. Other times I don't see anything at all.....female. Sometimes though, I just see 2 bumps where the hemis would come out. Sometimes the nubs are white and sometimes red. No matter what I do I can't get a hemipene to come out of either side. The ones I can get to pop male are always easy to pop, both sides. I can't ever get these others to do anything more than show the small nubs. Are these females?

I would say yes,those are the females..but,i had one do that last year,and i had someone with more experience pop it.Turned out to be a male(,with short hemi-penes).
So experience is key,especially if they ARE female(as the "red" would be some form of hemorriging at that point,from the popping possibly.)
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Charles Glaspie
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probably females, but with some males, the difference can be very subtle, so without a pic, no one could be definitive about it.
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robyn@proexotics.com

Pro Exotics Reptiles

The small bumps you see are "scent glands" and are female! However, if they turn red, I would let the snake rest a minute or two and recheck! As someone stated, some males have smaller hemipenes!

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