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07-28-04, 01:00 PM
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Join Date: Jul-2004
Location: Pulaski County, Va
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Sexing?
Hi i have a male ball python on order and am getting one tomarow. The one that i am getting tomarrow is at a pet store get to pick out of a few different ones and if the owners dont know the sex or them how can i try to get a good idea of witch one is a female
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07-28-04, 01:19 PM
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Location: Edmonton, Alberta
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Welcome to the site.
First off...getting a snake from a pet store is generally not a good idea for a variety of reasons.
Second, the only way to effectively tell the sex of a ball python is to have it popped or probed...which should only be done by someone with proper experience to do so.
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07-28-04, 01:26 PM
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Join Date: Jul-2004
Location: Pulaski County, Va
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thank you
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Snakes, there not a passion there an obsession.
1 cali kingsnake, 1 black ratsnake, 1 eastern milksnake, 1 ball pythons, 1 red cornsnake, 1 Borneo Blood Python
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07-28-04, 04:19 PM
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Super Genius
Join Date: Nov-2002
Location: Southwestern Ontario
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Another way (which is not even close to 100%) would be to look at the tails from the cloaca back. In males; tails tend to be thinner, and females; thicker. You would see a difference if you compare the two.
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07-28-04, 08:43 PM
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Join Date: Jul-2004
Location: Pulaski County, Va
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thanx again and i read in a book about what your saying it was somethin about a hemoipenial bulge because it houses the sexual organs at the base of there tails, around the area of the vent and the tail tapers fast after the vent on the males
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Snakes, there not a passion there an obsession.
1 cali kingsnake, 1 black ratsnake, 1 eastern milksnake, 1 ball pythons, 1 red cornsnake, 1 Borneo Blood Python
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07-28-04, 08:45 PM
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Join Date: Jul-2004
Location: Pulaski County, Va
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sorry for flooding but i forgot to say somethin. Is the info correct from the book or is it misleading and isnt that easy
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Snakes, there not a passion there an obsession.
1 cali kingsnake, 1 black ratsnake, 1 eastern milksnake, 1 ball pythons, 1 red cornsnake, 1 Borneo Blood Python
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07-28-04, 11:07 PM
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Super Genius
Join Date: Nov-2002
Location: Southwestern Ontario
Age: 49
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When I picked out my first two balls from a pet store, that's all the info I had and I picked out a male and a female, exactly what I wanted. HOWEVER, this method is NOT 100%. I got lucky. If you want 100% accuracy, pop a baby, or probe at any age.
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