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Sexing Snakes

reptilezoogirl2 Mar 27, 2005 08:38 PM

When sexing a snake, can you hit the musk gland on a male and wrongly sex him as a female?

Replies (2)

joeysgreen Mar 28, 2005 02:58 AM

Good question, I"ll have to get back to you on that one

joeysgreen Mar 29, 2005 11:21 PM

Coincidently I am currently taking a Basic Reptile Medicine course and this was topic for today's class. When probing a female, you end up in the sent glands and enter 4-6 scales in depth. While males do have scent glands, when probing you enter a hemipenis or 6-14 scales in depth. No one that I have discussed this with has ever had or heard of a problem with entering the scent glands in males.

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