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    baby snake head size

    Ok, cleaning the baby tanks out tonight, and I noticed a big difference in the babies head sizes....not between fat and skinny babies either, but between fat ones...some have quite stocky heads and others are more narrow... does this have any bearing on the sex of the baby snake? or is it just luck of the draw so to speak?

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    Re: baby snake head size

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    Ok, cleaning the baby tanks out tonight, and I noticed a big difference in the babies head sizes....not between fat and skinny babies either, but between fat ones...some have quite stocky heads and others are more narrow... does this have any bearing on the sex of the baby snake? or is it just luck of the draw so to speak?
    Can you post a decent photo of that, Inge?
    James.

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    Re: baby snake head size

    give me a minute and I will go and try....

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    Re: baby snake head size

    I know I read some where that males tend to have smaller heads than females,but I don't know if its really true and if you can tell in babies....
    Justin

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    Re: baby snake head size

    Just tried and they are zipping about too much, will see if Maf can get a better pic tomorrow. (he is better with a camera than me!)

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    Re: baby snake head size

    I can't wait to see these babies in the flesh, Inge...and to choose my 1.2. I can't remember now...are the parents very blue?
    James.

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    Re: baby snake head size

    not overly, but the babies are a range of different shades..

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    Re: baby snake head size

    Very exciting...it's a good few years since I had Florida Blues!
    James.

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    Re: baby snake head size

    My little green female has a distinctly different head shape than my other snakes. The snout is short and the head narrow, so it looks like her eyes are forward, kinda cute. None of her babies seem to show that shape, so I guess it can vary snake to snake. I'll try to get a a pix.
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    Re: baby snake head size

    Here is a photo of my green girl. You can see she has a very small head with a short nose. None of her babies (as far as I can tell so far) have the same shape. At first glance I thought she was a brown snake when I found her. Makes her kinda special.

    Terry

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