Double Check Sexing Please

[Snake lover 3-25]

wow sly is HUGE!!!!! bigger than willow and sooty!!!! and sooty had 15 babies!!!!! very cool!

[drache]

yeah - I think sexing by size is a fallacy
when I picked out my marcianus babies, I was able to sex them visually without any problems, based on body shape

[jitami]

Thanks everyone for your opinion!

Even I doubted those measurements from yesterday. I took a new pic today using measuring tape as a reference and came up with 26.22 for Sly. Not sure why I got a different measurement today, but I guess it's close enough. So yeah, Sly's still a big boy

The downside is that he's also an older gent. I'm 99% sure he'll be 8 years old in a month or so. He could have been over a year when we found him in March of 2002, but he was definitely not a neonate. Don't know what I'm going to do when he passes

[gregmonsta]

My concinnus are similar ... both very long (and close to equal atm) with a slight girth difference ... yet definately male/female.

[crzy_kevo]

well 8 years old would explaing the size seeing as most snakes keep growing throughout their lifespan

althought this doesn mean you may only have a few years left with him :'(

[jitami]

Thanks Greg. I think it's kinda cool. The size differences in some of the other pics were just blowing me away And yeah, Kev, that's exactly what I was thinking, although that's also what got me here last year.... wondering about life span

[drache]

I don't know that it's necessarily an indication of age
Orioski is two years old and could probably catch up with Sly in a year

[jitami]

The downside is that he's also an older gent. I'm 99% sure he'll be 8 years old in a month or so. He could have been over a year when we found him in March of 2002, but he was definitely not a neonate. Don't know what I'm going to do when he passes

Rhea, think you missed this part. He'll be at least 8 this spring.

[drache]

yes I did
I hope he lives a long life under your care

[jitami]

Thanks Rhea. We've been fortunate so far