Probing...

[End Times]

I'd like to have my newly acquired ball probed to determine its sex, and be shown how to do so myself for the future, but am uncertain how to go about finding someone knowledgable in my area.

I live in North Bay, Ontario which has a population of 56,000 people and no reptile clubs or specialty stores to speak of. I won't even consider bringing my snake to a petstore as I don't want to risk it catching something nasty and because with my luck I'd get some bone-head worker claiming they know how to probe only to have them damage my snake as they are trying to "be the man".

I've considered putting a classified add up on a local classifieds website that is quite popular, but again, I run the risk of getting some tool that may just be looking for a snake to practice on after recently learning how to probe themselves before probing their own collection...

I don't know... maybe I being a little paranoid. It just seems odd to me to put up an add saying: "WANTED - Knowledgable herper to sex ball python via probing"...

There is a vet in my hometown that will see sick or injured reptiles, but he admits he is no super-expert and has never probed a snake...

Anyone have any ideas how I can get this snake sexed?

Thanks.