How to Sex Your Snake...

... without probing or popping. I show you how to tell if you've got a male or a female with a pair of 1yr 10mo. old boa constrictors.. and they are not exactly helpful... haha. This method should work with any boid, but it's harder for pythons with short, fat tails. Also, the same general rule apply to colubirds, except that neither male nor female colubrids have spurs.

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• hemipenes
• probing
• popping

[theMUFF1NZz]

I wish i knew this before i named my female childres phython dexter haha who i think is a little large do most childrens pythons grow to 112 cm (3 feet 8 inches) becuz i read they dont grow past 80?

[kaleyali]

@theMUFF1NZz Haha, well I ended up with a female bearded dragon named Mr. Lizard, so don't feel too bad :-P. As far as I know, Children's pythons are normally around 2.5 ft (76 cm) when full grown, but can reach 3 ft (~91 cm) from what I've read and heard from others. But any species of animal can grow bigger than the limits we give it. Sounds like you got a comparable monster!

[toothpick719]

hmm can you do this with a baby?

[kaleyali]

@toothpick719 It's more difficult, but most of the time, yes.

[PsyrenDeathKnight]

can u say the same for balll pythons

[kaleyali]

@PsyrenDeathKnight Yep, about the relative tail lengths and thicknesses. But a lot of the time female ball pythons have large spurs, so that method isn't as reliable. But you'll still be able to feel the hemipenes in the males tail.

[kaleyali]

@BokeyBoi407 First of all, I have quite the scientific knowledge of snakes, as presented in this video, so I fail to see how I am dumb (who's the one using quotation marks instead of an apostrophe??). Also, how does a video about determining the gender of your pet make me a whore? I didn't suck one penis in that entire video.

You must really have no life to spend it watching videos that you aren't interested in on YouTube and posting half-hearted attempt at insults about them.

[heidiphats]

bokeyboi407 your an idiot, and need a life

[SuperPhotoshopgeek]

just cut the vid instead of throwing a comment says jump lol

[tdilover36]

Im pretty certain my ball python is a female,I named her Felix.Ive had her for a few years i got her for my 9th birthday.

[pimpmix1]

I like your video. I just have one question about your female boa.

What are those pinkish brown markings on her belly?

My boa has recently developed similar marking a couple months ago. I thought it was a a very light burn so I treated it with polysporin and then switched to aloe vera. It hasn't changed yet. All I know is it looks almost similar to yours.

[haggardphunk]

Pretty sure I named my female snake David Boa. Oh well

[MrAmazingreptiles]

im a little late with the comment but oh well :p.........great video and helped me name my snake thanks!!!

[ReptileLove4473]

what kinda of boas are they? they are really pretty!:)

[Tarzan07330]

@xRainbowDashh yes, this method works very well with colubrids. but probing is the only method that is 100% accurate

[lVlCKilla1420]

so how can you tell if its male or female? i heard that females have one and males have two. is this correct?

[xRainbowDashh]

Would this also work for a corn snake?