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wolfspirit
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Posted - 19/06/2009 :  07:18:47  Show Profile  Reply with Quote


Is it true that female royals have shorter tails than males?


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Posted - 19/06/2009 :  07:26:37  Show Profile  Click to see Blackecho's MSN Messenger address  Send Blackecho a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
Its all guess work really, some do.


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wolfspirit
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Posted - 19/06/2009 :  07:31:59  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
OK,

how dangerous is it to check the sex of a snake then?

i know they all vary...in sizes..just that P is really chunking out and he has a short tail...

compared to my other male...they are same age but nearly a 100g difference in weight...


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Blackecho
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Posted - 19/06/2009 :  08:14:01  Show Profile  Click to see Blackecho's MSN Messenger address  Send Blackecho a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
If probed correctly, not dangerous at all.


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spor
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Posted - 19/06/2009 :  19:21:00  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
from what i gather. females commonly have a slightly shorter tail from vent to tip. Males are also suppose to have a bit of a lump just behind the vent that females don't????

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hodgie
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Posted - 19/06/2009 :  20:11:51  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I`ve just read the book "The Complete Ball Python" by Kevin McCurley and it says,
Males usually possess more pronounced cloacal spurs located on either side of the vent. A male may also have a longer tail. As each of these conditions can be quite viable, they dont provide a hard and fast rule for consistantly and properly sexing ball pythons.
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wolfspirit
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Posted - 19/06/2009 :  20:52:55  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
i am going to try and find someone to get him properly sexed...

fingers crossed my gut feelings are wrong for a change..lol..


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lancealittle
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Posted - 02/06/2010 :  23:54:18  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
hi wolfspirit, did u get Peanut (or others) probed after? im looking for the same answers u were - the truth about tail lengths & others sexing 'myths' before subjecting my royals to probing.

im interested in seeing how things worked out for your royals

regards, lance
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hodgie
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Posted - 03/06/2010 :  10:10:58  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
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Originally posted by lancealittle

hi wolfspirit, did u get Peanut (or others) probed after? im looking for the same answers u were - the truth about tail lengths & others sexing 'myths' before subjecting my royals to probing.

im interested in seeing how things worked out for your royals

regards, lance


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