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Is this true or just a myth along the same lines as supposedly being able to tell the sex of BP's by the size of the spurs (which does not work BTW).
Are spurs completely absent on every female all the time?

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That's what I thought. Juvi males can have TINY spurs. So small that you would need a friggin magnifying glass to really see them.

I'm still to see this not be the case. I've also NEVER had to use a "friggin magnifying glass" to find the spurs on my baby males either. Yes, they're small, but look where they should be and you'll find them. Just because you don't see the spurs, doesn't mean they're not there, which means this doesn't prove the "theory" wrong.

I have one male in particular that is roughly 24-26 inches in length and his spurs are basically impossible to see. You can feel them by by moving your finger down the snake from tail to head. They are so small, that if you were to look for spurs you would think this was a female. You really need to be very careful and thorough to be able to tell it has spurs.

I've seen alot more mis-sexed dums from people probing them than I have from looking at the spurs. You are right you have to look and look again to check, but myself, like Paul, have never had a really hard time telling males from females. As my eyes grow worse each year, maybe someday, I will have to use something, but as of today, I can tell right after they are born. We always use the spurs to tell what sex they are. Probing a dums can hurt the animal as they are short tailed boas. Just my thoughts

Danni

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