Hi,i was just wondering how i find out the sex of my corn snake as i want to get the oppisite sex so they can mate when older? oh yeah he/she is 3 months old?
2006-10-26 11:44:34 · 7 answers · asked by reptilecorner13 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Most snakes under 18months of age can be sexed manually (although smaller snake species such as corn snakes are much harder to sex), after 18 months it usually requires a special probe. That being said, even snakes under 18 months of age required some skill and the use of probes should ONLY be done by someone with experience as the probes can injure the snake if used improperly.
Your best bet is to take it to your vet who deals with snakes as they are experts. Another possibility might be to find a breeder or snake enthusiast in your area.
For what it's worth though, here is a description of manually sexing a snake by "popping":
Popping is manually inverting the snake’s hemi-penis (yes he does have 2), by using firm pressure and pushing up on the snake’s underside just below the vent. In theory this causes the afore mentioned hemi-penis to invert (stick out) of the vent. The problem here is that not every male will invert. Some just won’t regardless of how many times you have done this procedure and how experienced you are with it. This of course leads to falsely calling a snake a female when it is a male. Now if you have gotten the Hemi-penis to invert, well then you are pretty darn sure that it’s a boy snake then!
2006-10-26 12:27:54 · answer #1 · answered by ozymndius 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have a snake and we went to a vet and they can tell the sex of the snake other than that there isnt a way to tell if it is a gurl or guy. there is probley at least one or two veternarians around u. it will probley be free to my vet did it for free
2006-10-26 11:53:23 · answer #2 · answered by Krystal marie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
call ur local zoo and talk to whomever is in charge of the serpentarium. there's always a way u just have to know what u are looking for. good luck.
2006-10-26 11:51:50 · answer #3 · answered by Nora G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i was told by a breeder that you can tell some times by the location of the vent closer to the tail its a ------- further up the body its a ------- sorry i forget what he said was the girl
2006-10-27 04:04:08 · answer #4 · answered by cameron b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask a zoo keeper or your local vet.
2006-10-26 11:54:39 · answer #5 · answered by Eric 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
email me at jefffrickman@yahoo.com if u love wildlife
2006-10-27 05:05:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
there is no rely way to tell
2006-10-26 11:45:49 · answer #7 · answered by kenexie j 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋