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Old 10-12-04, 09:28 PM   #1
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sex in question

I got a new unsexed adult black back today and I probed it and it probed to seven scales on both sides. I was just wondering what sex it would be. It has no spurs and it is very thick in girth. It looks like a female to me but I have never had a female probe so deep.

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Old 10-14-04, 11:13 PM   #2
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hmmmmm...i thought males had the longer spurs..... anyone else know?
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Old 10-14-04, 11:15 PM   #3
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That's in the tricky range where it's tough to be too confident without having probed it myself. My "bet" would be male though.

Any pics?
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Old 10-15-04, 12:35 AM   #4
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Finally some feed back. No pics right now. I will try to get some for you though. Do you want pics of it's tail/ vent area or just a pic of the entire snake.
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Old 10-15-04, 12:42 AM   #5
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If you can get a couple clear pictures from the side and botton of the tail, someone here should be able to give you a pretty good idea of the sex.
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Old 10-15-04, 09:26 PM   #6
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yeah, i have a male that probed 7-8 scales and I STILL don't know, I said male, and everyone else pretty much agreed. All my girls didn't go more than 3-4.
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Old 10-15-04, 11:00 PM   #7
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Pop pop pop! The ONLY way to tell for SURE.
Ha! stoopid!! Wouldn't let me type the proper name for male genitals, SO if there are two little one-eyed weiners:male. Lack of the one-eyed weiners: female.
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Old 10-15-04, 11:30 PM   #8
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Old 10-16-04, 02:16 AM   #9
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Pop pop pop! The ONLY way to tell for SURE.
Are you sure about that, Mykee?
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Old 10-16-04, 04:43 PM   #10
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Tim, sorry, maybe I should have specified. I probe and I pop. I've interchanged the order in which I do them for excitement. If I pop first, then probe, I'm 100% on with the pop. If done the other way around, I'm not always 100%. Keep in mind that this is for balls under 1.5 yrs. old. I might just suck at probing, but IMO there's too many grey areas with probing 5 scales? 6 scales? 7 scales? Not sure? I pop. Then I'm sure.
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Old 10-18-04, 02:19 PM   #11
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My black back is just over 3ft and I never really thought about popping a snake that big.
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