i was recently given the opportunity to rescue a bad tempered nile monitor upon my arrival to get it i find out that it is an ornate monitor. it is mean no bites but excessive tail whips not to bad im slowly but surely calming it down. it is 2 1.2 feet long the guy said she is 8 months old im not sure i would like am opinion on age and im familiar with sexing snakes with the probing method am i able to probe my monitor to determine sex or is there other more simple methods.....tia

charlie