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How can you tell the sex?

The vet you mentioned in another other thread should be able to determine the sex of the snake, if he or she is experienced in sexing snakes. Other than probing or popping (which you definitely shouldn't try unless you KNOW what you're doing), there's no definite way to determine the sex of the snake.

Tail length may help give you an idea, but it's extremely inaccurate. :)
 
Voodoo said:
Tail length may help give you an idea, but it's extremely inaccurate. :)
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I wouldn't go so far as to say extremely inaccurate. Definitely not conclusive, but with a good enough eye and experience it can be a fairly accurate way to tell, depending on the snake. Some are just too close to call, so if you really must know the sex, I'd check with other methods as well.

It does need to be an older snake, though. Babies aren't developed enough to see the differences, so if you're looking to sex a baby, I'd say find someone who can pop or probe for you.
 
Duff said:
I wouldn't go so far as to say extremely inaccurate. Definitely not conclusive, but with a good enough eye and experience it can be a fairly accurate way to tell, depending on the snake. Some are just too close to call, so if you really must know the sex, I'd check with other methods as well.

It does need to be an older snake, though. Babies aren't developed enough to see the differences, so if you're looking to sex a baby, I'd say find someone who can pop or probe for you.
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i heard you shouldnt probe when they are hatchlings because they are too young but i dont know if that has any truth to it
 
he/she isn't a hatchling but isn't any older than 5 months either. i'll have the vet check for me i guess. thanks guys.
 
When they're that small 5 months is generally still considered hatchling size. Especially coming from petco.
 
I would definitely wait a bit before probing. Unless you are very experienced, you can do permanent damage to a neonate corn that way. Popping, (everting the hemipenes) is also something that should only be performed by someone experienced in the process. My suggestion is to wait for a bit of size and then let someone experienced probe him / her. At a year or so of age, you can usually tell the gender visually by the shape of the tale when viewed from the ventral area.
 
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