Opinions needed

[blueskyangel]

When it comes to sexing snakes. Is popping dangerous? Is probing the only way to go?

[gonesnakee]

Neither is really safer than the other & both must be done by a skilled hand to be safe. Popping should only be done to neonates (babies). Probing should be done to determine sex of older snakes. One must be very gentle & make sure the probe is small enough for baby snakes, thus why popping is usually prefered for them. I'll pop babies & then probe females to confirm them after. If I see hemis well I see hemis no sense probbing them for confirmation ;). Mark

[alinb]

Hello blueskyangel,

Try this site, perhaps it will help you:
Sexing Your Corn Snake - CORNSNAKE.CO.UK (http://www.cornsnake.co.uk/Sexing.htm)

or:

there is also another method:
Take the skin from next shedding and count the scales:
ventralia (start with the first complete one) - subcaudalia (one row) = X

X > 156 female
X < 156 male