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    Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.

    And for the record, I will be shutting down the Google Adsense ads on January 1, 2025.
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So i dont know what sparked me today, but i decided that i would pop a few of the critters. I do it randomly for practice i guess. ( i feel that im pretty good at it too)

And something strange struck me about my Het Albino "Male" He wasnt... exposing himself completely, or so i thought. So i probed him to double check.

nearly Five scales. both sides.

hrm. Strange... im pretty sure Gib said this was a male.... maybe hes just blocked up, i thought. So i tried to pop again, Definitely nothing there.... unless hes purely determined not to pop. ( all of the other males are a cinch to pop too...)

So i then go to my wild caught girl, pop her... same look... then to Asus, my other girl, pop... same... okay, WEIRD.

( i never did sex him when "he" came in... too feisty, and still tries to rip my face off)


So, I showed Gib the Photo, He thinks Girl, I think so too. What do the rest of you Ball python Experts think???
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With spurs like those, it would be visually confusing.
 
well, i guess if you probed as well, the only way to be more certain is see what happens when you put "him" with another het male! I hope you don't mind getting a girl, that is pretty cool for most breeders i suppose.
 
I had an iffie one that probed 5 scales. It was a girl.
 
Junkyard said:
With spurs like those, it would be visually confusing.
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You should see the size of the spurs on my female albino. Very large. I also have a male that has very tiny spurs.
This girl has very large spurs but there is no question that she is in fact a female.
I would not go by spur size. Probing 5 scales is most likely a female that probes a bit deep.
 

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Spurs never seemed to mean anything for my snakes.. my girls are all large spurred, males .. not so much


this means you have to breed her and donate an albino bp to a few friends alicia.. *wink wink nudge nudge*
 
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