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| theonlydarrenever |
Posted - 23/09/2009 : 18:14:44
yo guys! after seeing probing done on angharads milk snake and some others, i decided to have a go of it myself. a mate of mine who's been a herp for 15+ years has given me a set of probes he had spare.
so tonight i went for it.
lubed up the probe, gently inserted it into the cloaca and turned it a little. the probe went in with ease and no pushing was needed.
so, this is how far it went in...
(PHOTO DELETED AS I'M A COMPLETE PLONKER)
looks like coco is actually a male!! doh! still love him!! 
ps - the probe looks massive in the pic but it's really not as huge as it looks  |
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| fjfenton |
Posted - 23/09/2009 : 22:29:04
I want to get Doug probed. I bought him as a male, but have never had him checked...could change breeding plans significantly if Doug is actually Mrs Douglas!! LOL.
I just need to find someone with the know how who wouldn't mind me dropping round.... |
| lee2308 |
Posted - 23/09/2009 : 21:06:32
glad it went ok but would like to say to anyone thinking of trying this please do it supervised by someone with experience.Would still like to see the pic if you still have it |
| wolfspirit |
Posted - 23/09/2009 : 20:06:33
i would love to learn how to probe...
good luck on the next one ;-) |
| matty198111 |
Posted - 23/09/2009 : 20:00:19
Well im rubbish with comps so could some tell me where the pic is
cheers
mat |
| theonlydarrenever |
Posted - 23/09/2009 : 18:48:39
yeah i think ill get him to double check. christ - even i got thinking then after seeing the pic!! i took the pic on the bed quick after doing it but i forgot that she'd turned hah. i feel like such a plonker :( gutted!! anyway - snake seems fine and not bothered one bit by the probin experience. i think im more bloody shamed and embarrassed than the snakes bothered by having a metal probe in the holiest of holies! |
| matty18714 |
Posted - 23/09/2009 : 18:45:02
lol, have to admit that photo worried me  Get your mate to do it, but do it in a fortnight or so. |
| theonlydarrenever |
Posted - 23/09/2009 : 18:42:00
i recounted the scales - went in about 6. i am a doughnut. i did probe the right way before - just counted wrong and took the photo the wrong way around. arse. |
| theonlydarrenever |
Posted - 23/09/2009 : 18:36:26
haha okay, i did do it the right way but i counted the scales wrong :(
i think i counted the scale on the cloaca aswell ??? think it went in less but still went in more than i thought it would. gonna get a mate to do it again to be sure! |
| theonlydarrenever |
Posted - 23/09/2009 : 18:32:27
oh yeah i did! haha i took the pic the wrong way round :( |
| matty18714 |
Posted - 23/09/2009 : 18:29:55
Please please please tell me you inserted the probe towards the tail and not the head. |
| xautomaticflowersx |
Posted - 23/09/2009 : 18:29:03
You probably don't need to get it done again. If it went in all that way then he's definitely a boy! It just hits muscle when they are female and won't go in very far at all. I tried having a go at popping when I first got Ripley, but I think I was trying to be too gentle, because nothing popped out lol. |
| theonlydarrenever |
Posted - 23/09/2009 : 18:27:19
lol yeah innit. i guess ill get coco probed again properly though just to make sure! maybe when he's older. wow, it's weird calling coco a "him" lol |
| xautomaticflowersx |
Posted - 23/09/2009 : 18:26:07
I ought to get Ripley probed to be honest, I'm only assuming he's male because of his cloacal spurs and longish tail. Haha but I could easily be wrong!
At least you know to re-paint Coco's bedroom blue now hehe. |
| theonlydarrenever |
Posted - 23/09/2009 : 18:25:03
nah i didnt have a clue but i called him a her. i wanted to do it for ages and my mate had done it loads previously as he used to breed rat snakes etc when he was younger. its easier than i thought. i was proper crapping myself though, didn't want to hurt the bugger. but the probe went in no worries - snake didnt even flinch. loves it! |
| kimitree |
Posted - 23/09/2009 : 18:17:21
So were you not sure if Coco was male or female in the first place, or just wanted to give it a go?
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