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sexing cooks tree boas
- Thread starter wtrepluva
- Start date
Walter,
Yes, as far as i know all boas and pythons have spurs. With some species it may be harder to tell to tell the gender apart. Unless, the spurs are (very pronounced/or an obvious lack there of) on a sizeable animal i would not be 100% positive that the animal was indeed a male/female. If you want a garunteed sex determination i would have the animal probed.
Corey Greene
Yes, as far as i know all boas and pythons have spurs. With some species it may be harder to tell to tell the gender apart. Unless, the spurs are (very pronounced/or an obvious lack there of) on a sizeable animal i would not be 100% positive that the animal was indeed a male/female. If you want a garunteed sex determination i would have the animal probed.
Corey Greene
thanks corey, i thought all of them had spurs to, i just wanted to be sure before i bought some. i think i will get them probed just incase though, but i had also heard that they have vary delicate sex organs, and probing could do preminat damage. o well, just what i heard, dont know if it is true or not. thanks for the info.
~Walt~
~Walt~
Rob Hill/Geckos Anonymous
Resident Pollmeister
Walt,
in the hands of someone who is experienced at probing and has the technique down, then it is not a dangerous endeavour. When probing does permanent damage is when someone forces the probe in too far, tearing the tissue. My motto is, if the probe stops, you're done. I don't try to go further, but I may try again later when the snake has calmed down(snakes sometimes "clench" which can give you an inaccurate probe).
However, that being said, I personally would not probe or pop baby amazons. I know they are not as delicate as baby chondros, but they are still tiny, and as with baby chondros, probing or popping them when very small can cause spinal injuries/deformities that may not become visible for some time. It is not necessarily that the reproductive organs are super delicate(though I am sure they aren't made of steel lol), I think it is more of their tails and spines being delicate.
in the hands of someone who is experienced at probing and has the technique down, then it is not a dangerous endeavour. When probing does permanent damage is when someone forces the probe in too far, tearing the tissue. My motto is, if the probe stops, you're done. I don't try to go further, but I may try again later when the snake has calmed down(snakes sometimes "clench" which can give you an inaccurate probe).
However, that being said, I personally would not probe or pop baby amazons. I know they are not as delicate as baby chondros, but they are still tiny, and as with baby chondros, probing or popping them when very small can cause spinal injuries/deformities that may not become visible for some time. It is not necessarily that the reproductive organs are super delicate(though I am sure they aren't made of steel lol), I think it is more of their tails and spines being delicate.