Marnie's Snakes

[EasternGirl]

Okay...I have decided I suck at sexing snakes. And I have no camera to post pics. When I look at the pics in the Evolution and Ecology book...I realize that what I thought concerning males and females was completely backwards. Please post the sexing link again for me. I think Bella might be a boy...thank goodness for Bella Lugosi.

[Invisible Snake]

Alan's Garter Snakes - Maintenance of Garter Snakes http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/bree...xing-pics.html

[guidofatherof5]

http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/bree...xing-pics.html

[BUSHSNAKE]

the only way to sex a snake of any species is to either probe or pop it. When done correctly by someone with experience this is 100% accurate. Some people are very good at visually sexing snakes but i can say from experience this is not a 100% accurate way of sexing no matter how much experience you have.

[ConcinusMan]

When it comes to garters, i've only ever been wrong when it comes to visually sexing babies. And even then, accuracy is pretty good. I sure as heck am not going to probe a 6 inch baby. I'd rather live with the margin of error. You say popping is 100% accurate but I say bull spit. Just because nothing comes out, doesn't mean it's female, no matter how good at you think you are.

As far as adults go, there's simply no need to probe or pop. One would have to be completely clueless to mistake this for a male:

[Steveo]

As far as adults go, there's simply no need to probe or pop. One would have to be completely clueless to mistake this for a male:

I mistake that as a snake I need to own

[mikem]

I sexed my babies by popping. With baby garters it takes just a tiny bit of pressure if you know what you're doing. Get someone to show you how to do it. If done improperly you can hurt the snake. If they pop female, I'll check them a few times at later dates just to be sure. Larger snakes I will probe. Now, I need to put some more effort into genetics. That makes my head hurt, lol

[ConcinusMan]

Good. It should, or you're not getting it. One of the most common mistakes I see, is the effort to oversimplify that which is not always simple.

[EasternGirl]

I will get some vent pics up of the babies soon now that I have a camera...thanks to Steve. For now...I wanted to finally post a pic of the new rescue eastern, Ziggy....not a great pic but the best I could do given her shyness...

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[guidofatherof5]

Hello Ziggy.