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I just "popped" 2 clutches of corns and it appears that out of 38 babies I only have 1 male! As fate would have it,the only male is also the only runt that doesn't want to eat on his own.What is the likliehood of having all these females? Thanks!, Jeff

Jeff,
Are you sure you applying enough pressure when popping? I have missed males before because I was afraid of pushing too hard and injuring them.

I guess I could be but,I have one male that is really obvious and I'm doing the same with all of them. Jeff

Now tell that wouldn't be a sweat deal!! Over 30 females!!

Indeed. Wisema2297 is a very wise man. As a general rule-of-thumb I'll sex "females" 2 or 3 times on different days just to be sure. It's somewhat frequent for a male not to pop.

Tim

Third Eye

Thanks for the compliment but I do not put myself at a level in this hobby equal to people like yourself yet. The username is really a compilaiton of the first to letters of the first names of my 3 son's. WIllie, SEth, MAson.

I would have to say retry a couple at a time. Bet you have more males than you think
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****Misty****

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"The more things change, the more they remain Insane"

if you have almost all females i'll be jealous. i'll let you incubate my eggs next year b/c i got almost all males.
did you breed your ROs this year!?!? if so e-mail me
~kin
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Corns, Creamsicles, A Black Rat, A pair of Leucistic Black Rat X Leucistic Texas Rat Intergrades, Thayeri, Cal Kings, A Jungle Corn, Ball Pythons, A reverse Trio of Candoia, Leopard Geckos, Green Anoles, a Snapping Turtle, a White Cheeked Mud Turtle, an Adult Rescue Iguana, and A Baby Iguana

Leave them all together in the same container for a week. If by the end of the week there hasnt been any hair pulling, it's possible there are more males in there than you might think
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Tom

"The more people I meet, the more I like my snakes"

Jeff the color on that hatchling is smoking hot!!! I'd like to see it in a couple of years.
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Randy Whittington

Thanks Randy! I have a few that look like that and I plan to keep them awhile to watch them color up! Jeff