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Can anyone tell the sex of this corn by this tail pic?

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Praetorian27

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Hello,

My 8 year old daughter has a corn snake named "Brownie" that she adores. She wanted to know if it was a boy or a girl and I was told you can tell by the tail sometimes. I have no idea how to tell...can anyone determine by this picture?

Thanks!
 
visibly sexing can be tough, but it can be done. The most reliable method of attempting such is actually having a visual of the underside of the tail, from the vent (butt) down.
 
Ok...I was able to get a pretty good shot of the underside of the tail. Can anyone tell if it's a he or a she? :shrugs:
 

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Why not just Evert the hemipenes and find out? There's plenty of tutorials on YouTube and such

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^ You can only do that on really young snakes! You also shouldn't do it without experience or the help of a professional because you can permanently harm a male that way.

The pic looks pretty masculine to me. The taper is long and even, not short and quick.
 
Lycari said:
^ You can only do that on really young snakes! You also shouldn't do it without experience or the help of a professional because you can permanently harm a male that way.

The pic looks pretty masculine to me. The taper is long and even, not short and quick.
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If you know what you are doing, you can Evert the hemipenes as an accurate way of sexing much larger snakes. Not many people have access to a "professional" snake popper, but I find it extremely easy to do. The snake looks young, making it even easier.

Anyways, yes, it looks male from the tail.
 
I know that both of the reptile vets I see regularly (including board-certified reptile specialist Dr. Adolf Maas DVM, DABVP; one of only twelve such certified specialists worldwide) strongly discourage popping anything older than one month. Dr. Maas in particular told me about a couple of cases he's seen with male snakes that were seriously injured by popping. Maybe someone with sufficient experience could do it and the vets are referring to recommendations for inexperienced owners; I wouldn't know for sure because I haven't asked them. Either way, I'm only relaying their recommendations because I want to help ensure that he stays happy and healthy, that's all. :)

For anyone who cares to check (or needs to find a reptile vet in the area), the second reptile vet I mentioned is Dr. Elizabeth Kamaka, DVM. She was my teacher for exotic animals during my training as a vet tech, and I consider her a personal friend. I take my snakes to see Dr. Maas, because his practice is specially set up for routine, preventative, and emergency and long-term care for exotic animals of all kinds and because his practice is open every day while Dr. Kamaka's practice is only open three days a week. Both are excellent veterinarians who know what they're doing with these animals, are affordable, and have great personalities. The other vets working for Dr. Maas are just as good, as well.

Dr. Maas runs the Center for Bird and Exotic Animal Medicine in Bothell, WA
Dr. Kamaka runs Kamaka Exotic Animal Veterinary Services in Mountlake Terrace, WA

I understand that ACCES in Seattle also sees exotics, but they're more of a "companion animal" specialty center and I honestly trust Dr Maas more.
 
Thanks for the input! I'm definitely not going to try "popping" it as I have no experience with that. We have votes for both male and female...so I guess I'm back to square one!
 
I am having the same issue of sexing my snake. I have clue where to have it done. I would like to go to someone who has done it plenty of times.

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Nope. Heck, Dr Maas probes them for free with an exam, and his exam fee is only like $40 (typical cost of exam for a dog or cat is like $60-$80 here).
 
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