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So I am already thinking of breeding the JCP's that I received recently. I was told that they were a pair, but I just want to confirm...are the spurs alone enough to confidently sex these guys? My "male" is about 4 feet and the female is about 6'. He is much thinner than her so I will try to fatten him up over the summer so that I can cycle them this summer and hopefully breed them this spring!! Oh yeah, he does have some little spurs sticking out and she has none. I am used to the Burmese that I had years ago that had big spurs that were unmistakable. Thanks

>>So I am already thinking of breeding the JCP's that I received recently. I was told that they were a pair, but I just want to confirm...are the spurs alone enough to confidently sex these guys? My "male" is about 4 feet and the female is about 6'. He is much thinner than her so I will try to fatten him up over the summer so that I can cycle them this summer and hopefully breed them this spring!! Oh yeah, he does have some little spurs sticking out and she has none. I am used to the Burmese that I had years ago that had big spurs that were unmistakable. Thanks

I my opinion, spurs can only be used as a guidline. You can also look at the base of the tail. However, the only real way to tell is to probe them. I have been breeding carpets for about 5 years now and have received a few mis-sexed specimens in that time.
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Jeff Craven

www.houseofserpents.com

2.1 Morelia viridis (Green tree pythons)
2.2 Corallus hortulanus (Amazon tree boas)
3.6.1 Morelia spilota ssp. (Carpet Pythons)
1.2 Python regius (Ball Pythons)
0.1 Epicrates cenchria (Brazilian Rainbow Boa)
2.2.4 Boa constrictor imperator
1.1 Python molurus (Burmese Python)
0.0.1 Trans Pecos Ratsnake
0.0.1 Waxy Monkey Tree Frog
0.0.6 Dendrobates auratus
0.0.4 Phyllobates aurataenia
2.3 Dendrobates tinctorius
1.1 Dendrobates azureus
2.3 Leopard geckos
1.2 Bearded Dragons
1 Veiled Chameleon

so what would be the indicator at the base of the tail?