sexing

Burium · 04-26-04, 04:11 AM

Is probing the only way to sex corns? I thought I read somewhere that you can tell by the tail. Is this correct? We've had our corn for over a year, but have no clue what sex it is. I also have no clue what typr of corn either. I will try to post pics and maybe someone can help me. Thanks.

Kelly

Simon · 04-26-04, 04:21 AM

Probing and poping is the best method of sexing snakes.

Tail sexing isn't always 100% accurate. It's only a wide guess~~
so it's only a 50% chance~

Burium · 04-26-04, 04:26 AM

okay thanks. I guess we will have to find someone who can do that for us.

Kelly

Fishandsnakelov · 04-26-04, 12:01 PM

According to a book I have it says the female has a tail that is thick and gets thin rather abruptly. The male's tail is an even taper. Whether this is accurate I'm not sure.

aNi-DiFrAnCo · 04-27-04, 11:39 PM

Which book did you read that out of? I read the same thing, and it had a diagram. It was Barron books' "Cornsnakes, and other Rat Snakes" MY baby corn seems to have the tail of a female which is good because I have pretty much made her a female. Her name is Scarlet because of her beautiful red and orange colour. I am sort of curious to her sex and the pet shop I bought her from said they could sex her but I said no because I already assumed she was female. It doesn't matter too much I guess if you aren't planning on breeding them though..

Fishandsnakelov · 04-30-04, 07:52 PM

Yes, That's the same exact book LoL. I have a Norm that I named Scarlet also but will have to change it since it's a male. I was thinking of The Red Baron. What do you think? Yes ? No ?

aNi-DiFrAnCo · 05-01-04, 07:26 AM

Sounds cool to me

marisa · 05-01-04, 10:24 AM

Tail sexing (the way you have done it or anyone else does it) is not 100% accurate.

For 100% accuracy you must get the snake probed.

Marisa