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Hello, I recently posted this in the milksnake forum but didn't get any responses, so I'm hoping I could get some help here. Thanks!

I plan on breeding milksnakes for the first time in the near future. (Albino nelsoni). I was hoping someone here could direct me how to correctly pop babies to determine sex, or if perhaps there is another way to distinguish sex without popping. I have read a few places that say basically "squeeze the base of the tail" but I dont feel like this is enough info. for me to do it safely. Where exactly on the tail? How much pressure should I use? Should I press in a certain direction? I wish there was someone who could show me in person but so far no luck.

Thank you for help in advance,

Zach

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My advice would be to get the snake(s) to someone who is experienced in sexing snakes and get them to pop them for you, or probe them (which as far as I know is the only 100 percent way to accurately sex a snake.)Either method could potentially be harmful to the snake if done wrong.

Also, sometimes you can tell a female by the taper of their body to their tail, but this is DEFINITELY not an accurate way of knowing, because there are many factors that could effect that theory.