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Ok so i bought this supposed male snow... Now I believe i saw his hemi's so when he wasnt really responding to my female who was twitching and what not.. i threw in another male to hopefully get the snow all riled up but the sunglow went straight for the snow and not the cream who he mated with last year... so im just wondering has males ever tried to mate with other males??

Yes. There was an article on this in the "Herp Question & Answer" part of "Reptiles" magazine several years ago.
The question was asked by one of the largest snake breeders in the United States.
Apparently this sort of thing does happen on occasion, but it is unclear as to why.

I wouldn't bet on either of those males laying fertile eggs though...

Tim

Third Eye

So i was comparing their tails after the mating and it does look a little female like but i am still unsure..

>>So i was comparing their tails after the mating and it does look a little female like but i am still unsure..

from the picture of them mating I would say the snow is a female and it's not two males.
BUT, as Tim said, it has happened.
Anyone nearby that can sex them for you?
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"Resistance is futile"
Jimmy Johnson
(Draybar)
Draybars Snakes

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well i could probe it if i could find my probing kit.... we are packing up ( getting ready to move) so everything is everywhere...

but to answer your question... no

. . . by the only male in that union!

It's impossible for a male to breed a male. Without violating TOS for this site, let's just say that there is no receiver in a male that is large enough to accommodate what you saw in that picture. No mystery here. Probing can be wrong, and so can popping, but two adult (and consenting) corns are NEVER wrong. Impossible for that to be two males.

Don
South Mountain Reptiles

I was thinking the same thing before I read Jimmy's post and would agree that from the 1st pic the snow tail tapers very fast to be male, looks like your snow might be female, I guess you will find out soon enough. Post a good pic of the snow and tail by itself (a top view of whole snake and a hanging side and belly view of tail) , its usually pretty obvious what the sex is just by looking at the tail length and taper relative to the animal. Granted thats not 100%, but I think there would be a general consensus if we had a good look at her.
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Jeff Benfer
1.0 cinnamon pastel Python regius
1.1 pastel Python regius
1.1 mojave Python regius
0.3 normal Python regius
1.3 Terrapene carolina thriunguis
2.3 Terrapene carolina carolina
4.1 Kinosternon baurii
1.1 Malaclemys terrapin terrapin
2.2 double het albino and anerythristicThamnophis sirtalis parietalis
1.0 anerythristic Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis
2.3 Iowa snow Thamnophis radix
0.2 het Christmas albino Thamnophis radix
1.1 double het cherry erythristic, albino Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
1.1 melanistic Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
2.0 66% het snow Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
1.1 triple heterozygous for amelanistic,carmel, and stripe Pantherophis guttatus
0.1 anerythristic motley Pantherophis guttatus
0.1 butter p.h. stripe Pantherophis guttatus
0.1 carmel stripe p.h. amel Pantherophis guttatus
0.1 amelanistic p.h. carmel,stripe Pantherophis guttatus

Thanks i will get the pics up ASAP