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I was holding my red tail boa- pictured below and i was looking him or her over and it has spurs? like 2 little claws on its belly. does that make it a male? im confused. lol

All boas have spurs. Females tend to have very small spurs, where males have much larger ones. The only problem is they don't always follow the rules, so its not an accurate way of checking sex.

k thanks alot. i was just wondering

My theory is this: with neonates and young boas eating rodents that are still nursing (or were when they were frozen), they shoudl be higher in calcium than adult rodents. I think the added calcium tends to encourage larger spur growth in younger snakes, resulting is less of a difference in spur size in younger snakes. Or I could be full of beans...