My new one is 4 feet long and has a very short tail ( only a couple of inches). Can they be sexed this way?
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Do you have to probe a ball to sex it?
Chameleon996
Jan 31, 2005 02:51 PM
Replies (2)
glkherp
Feb 01, 2005 03:31 PM
With ball pythons you really can't tell sex by tail length or spur size. The most reliable way is to have it probed.
George Knaack
GLK HERP
jram
Feb 04, 2005 11:57 AM
Go to the SnakeKeeper website and order their probing video. Its very informative and buy a nice probing kit. This is how you can accurately determine their sex. Tail length and spur size is inacurate. You could also cool them and find out that way. Males will combat ussually and females will do nothing as a rule and male and females will copulate but this method is time consuming and not 100% accurate.
Jay
