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okay so early this mornig i check in on my girls check temps and water and something in Dixie's water dish kinda caught my eye... i see a little something floating. at first i kinda knew what it was and i was pretty disappointed, because i knew what it meant.

so here is what SHE left me, so take a look and tell me what you think of my baby GIRL now
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lol so does everyone have the same thoughts now that my baby girl is in fact not a baby girl,

so i know that Jeff and Dave get these all the time, but is that some all male boas do even non-breeding ones? now i am trying to think back and remember if i ever saw one before i wonder if i just passed over it or them and just didnt know...

i guess i always knew there was a possibility she was a he but always just hoped she wasnt... lol that just sounds weird.... anyways i got her... er HIM from a pet store at almost a year old and unsexed. at this time i dubbed her female kinda hoping and kinda thinking (at the time) i will never really know for sure so what does it matter anyways. about 2 years later i got the two baby balls (one for wifey one for my cuz) i did alot a research on poping and tried it out and poped two female balls... at that time i tried the same thing on Dixie. i was fully aware that this method was not as accurate on older animals. well needless to say she poped female and (still thinking ill never know for sure) was enough to confirm in my own mind, even though i was aware that it wasnt necessarily accurate.

so even though this news to me isnt totally unexpected its still disappointing she was my baby girl!! anyways what do i do now? lol do i keep my gender confused baby girl Dixie, or do i start call HIM Dixson or DIX or something????????
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-Stephen-

0.1 soon to be wifey (hopefully)
1.0 rotwiler/chow (Boomer-wifey's pooch)
1.0 norm corn (Jake aka grumpy old terdhead)
0.1 col redtail boa (Dixie-my baby girl)
0.1 ball python (Bella- wifey's baby girl)
0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Saphira)

hopeful for not to distant future:
--Brazilian rainbow boas
2 or 3 more? maybe a breeding trio or two pair
-- something for the wifey... my list got to big...

First on topic: I'm pretty sure that is a male and I'd just either keep calling it Dixie or switch to a joke name like masquerade, fools gold, etc....

Now for the off topic.
Can you post some pics of your dog? I used to have a chow/mutt but am having trouble picturing a chow/rotweiller. Would love to see what it looks like. Also is it insanely protective? Just curious because the chows I've known/owned were all protective and the rott's an exgirlfriend of mine had were also very protective.

Sean.
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1.1 BRB
1.1 Triple Het TPRS's
0.1 Silver TPRS
1.1 Amel Bloodred Corns
0.1 Abbott Okeetee Corn
0.1 Blizzard Bloodred Corn
1.1 Thayeri Kingsnakes
0.1 Reeve's Turtle
0.2 Amstaff's
1.0 Pudytat

Boomer is a good dog what i have found is that is is protective of his momma he puts himself in between her and "potential danger" like other people wild snakes and traffic things like that. he doesn't bark hardly at all only to let you know that someone is in the drive way or at the door.

i dont think he looks very chow at all he has all the rott markings. as far as visual he has more of a chow build i think and the curly tail for sure.

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-Stephen-

0.1 soon to be wifey (hopefully)
1.0 rotwiler/chow (Boomer-wifey's pooch)
1.0 norm corn (Jake aka grumpy old terdhead)
0.1 col redtail boa (Dixie-my baby girl)
0.1 ball python (Bella- wifey's baby girl)
0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Saphira)

hopeful for not to distant future:
--Brazilian rainbow boas
2 or 3 more? maybe a breeding trio or two pair
-- something for the wifey... my list got to big...

Stephen,
I love the last picture: Boomer has serious reservations about that Ball python.
And yes, your she is a he.
Paul

ya he acts so weird around the snakes he doesnt know what to think. at first he was really bad any time i had a snake out he would hover and just stare!! to the point where 400% of he attention was fixed on the snake... now he has gotten use to the snakes being around but still is pretty bad about "locking on" for a lack of better way to put it. he did at one point nip at Bella and his momma let him have it for that, since then i think he is more nervous than anything and doesnt get too close
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-Stephen-

0.1 soon to be wifey (hopefully)
1.0 rotwiler/chow (Boomer-wifey's pooch)
1.0 norm corn (Jake aka grumpy old terdhead)
0.1 col redtail boa (Dixie-my baby girl)
0.1 ball python (Bella- wifey's baby girl)
0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Saphira)

hopeful for not to distant future:
--Brazilian rainbow boas
2 or 3 more? maybe a breeding trio or two pair
-- something for the wifey... my list got to big...

Stephen,
...Yes, Dixie is a boy. When they leave those samples anywhere other than in a water bowl they lose their shape and dry out quickly so you usually do not notice them.
Jeff

>>okay so early this mornig i check in on my girls check temps and water and something in Dixie's water dish kinda caught my eye... i see a little something floating. at first i kinda knew what it was and i was pretty disappointed, because i knew what it meant.
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>>so here is what SHE left me, so take a look and tell me what you think of my baby GIRL now
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>>lol so does everyone have the same thoughts now that my baby girl is in fact not a baby girl,
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>>so i know that Jeff and Dave get these all the time, but is that some all male boas do even non-breeding ones? now i am trying to think back and remember if i ever saw one before i wonder if i just passed over it or them and just didnt know...
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>>i guess i always knew there was a possibility she was a he but always just hoped she wasnt... lol that just sounds weird.... anyways i got her... er HIM from a pet store at almost a year old and unsexed. at this time i dubbed her female kinda hoping and kinda thinking (at the time) i will never really know for sure so what does it matter anyways. about 2 years later i got the two baby balls (one for wifey one for my cuz) i did alot a research on poping and tried it out and poped two female balls... at that time i tried the same thing on Dixie. i was fully aware that this method was not as accurate on older animals. well needless to say she poped female and (still thinking ill never know for sure) was enough to confirm in my own mind, even though i was aware that it wasnt necessarily accurate.
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>>so even though this news to me isnt totally unexpected its still disappointing she was my baby girl!! anyways what do i do now? lol do i keep my gender confused baby girl Dixie, or do i start call HIM Dixson or DIX or something????????
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>>-Stephen-
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>>0.1 soon to be wifey (hopefully)
>>1.0 rotwiler/chow (Boomer-wifey's pooch)
>>1.0 norm corn (Jake aka grumpy old terdhead)
>>0.1 col redtail boa (Dixie-my baby girl)
>>0.1 ball python (Bella- wifey's baby girl)
>>0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Saphira)
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>>hopeful for not to distant future:
>>--Brazilian rainbow boas
>> 2 or 3 more? maybe a breeding trio or two pair
>>-- something for the wifey... my list got to big...

....Dicksie!

>>....Dicksie!

i was thinking more on the line of "switch"
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-Stephen-

0.1 soon to be wifey (hopefully)
1.0 rotwiler/chow (Boomer-wifey's pooch)
1.0 norm corn (Jake aka grumpy old terdhead)
0.1 col redtail boa (Dixie-my baby girl)
0.1 ball python (Bella- wifey's baby girl)
0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Saphira)

hopeful for not to distant future:
--Brazilian rainbow boas
2 or 3 more? maybe a breeding trio or two pair
-- something for the wifey... my list got to big...