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Carl
Hatchling
United Kingdom
498 Posts |
 Posted - 07/05/2009 : 13:38:48
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Hi all. Just a quick couple of questions for you.
I'm moving Snoop up to medium mice, I've just bought them and looking at them was a bit worried that they might be a bit big. Will he naturally reject them if they are? Hes happilly eating 2 small now. Also the shop I've just been to has got a Mexi Black for sale,
but they dont know what sex it is and I dont want to waiste the best part of £90 if I'm unsure it is to small to probe, what do you reckon? |
1.0.0 Mexi Black (Snoop)
1.0.0 Milk Pueb (Lestat)
0.2.0 Mexi Black (no name) |
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jono2411
Yearling
United Kingdom
655 Posts |
Posted - 07/05/2009 : 16:26:50
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| cant they pop it instead of probing it? |
1.0.0 Mexican Black Kingsnake : Baron Samedi
0.0.1 Apricot Pueblan Milksnake : (Hercule) Poirot
0.1.0 Striped Splotched Sinaloan Milksnake : Arminia
0.1.0 Pueblacorn - Cleopatra
0.0.3 Fire-Bellied Toads: Ghengis Khan, Bruce Lee & Chairman Mao
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magneticblue
Kingsnake Forum Admin
United Kingdom
1511 Posts |
Posted - 07/05/2009 : 16:56:05
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| Snoop will decide if the food is too big or not. If it is he may leave it straight away or he may try to eat it then give up a bit later. He won't hurt himself trying to get it down |
1.1.0 Arizona mountain king (Sylar and Claire)
0.1.0 Blotched king ( Jasmin)
1.1.0 Guyana red-tail boa (Hercules and Athena)
1.0.1 children (Alfie and BUMP)
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Grumpy
Hatchling
United Kingdom
138 Posts |
Posted - 07/05/2009 : 17:11:26
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quote:
Originally posted by jono2411
cant they pop it instead of probing it?
That's the normal way, if the snake is too small to probe! |
IanT
Blair's grey band
Albino cali female
Albino grey band female
Chocolate Cali
Taiwanese Beauty female |
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Carl
Hatchling
United Kingdom
498 Posts |
Posted - 07/05/2009 : 17:19:40
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quote:
Originally posted by Grumpy
quote:
Originally posted by jono2411
cant they pop it instead of probing it?
That's the normal way, if the snake is too small to probe!
I did ask that but he reckoned it was to small so I ended up a little confused |
1.0.0 Mexi Black (Snoop)
1.0.0 Milk Pueb (Lestat)
0.2.0 Mexi Black (no name) |
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lee2308
Kingsnake Forum Admin
United Kingdom
1609 Posts |
Posted - 07/05/2009 : 19:31:50
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| to small too probe and too small to pop....ummm,probly has no idea how to,was it a rep shop.If your after a certain sex i would go for a older one that has been sexed properly or your taking a gamble with your money. |
1.0 dumeril boa,0.1 bci boa,1.0 royal python,1.0 mbk kingsnake,1.0corn,1.2 chinese water dragon,0.0.1 bearded dragon
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Carl
Hatchling
United Kingdom
498 Posts |
Posted - 07/05/2009 : 19:54:06
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Originally posted by lee2308
to small too probe and too small to pop....ummm,probly has no idea how to,was it a rep shop.If your after a certain sex i would go for a older one that has been sexed properly or your taking a gamble with your money.
Yeah it was a rep shop, but I dont wanna say anything derogative about them because it is a very good shop, with great house keeping, its just that I dont think they have done it before thats all |
1.0.0 Mexi Black (Snoop)
1.0.0 Milk Pueb (Lestat)
0.2.0 Mexi Black (no name) |
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lee2308
Kingsnake Forum Admin
United Kingdom
1609 Posts |
Posted - 07/05/2009 : 20:00:40
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| fair enough,at least there not trying to do something they dont know what to do and end up injuring the snake,got to respect them for that. |
1.0 dumeril boa,0.1 bci boa,1.0 royal python,1.0 mbk kingsnake,1.0corn,1.2 chinese water dragon,0.0.1 bearded dragon
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CharlieD
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
22 Posts |
Posted - 11/05/2009 : 14:21:34
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From what I've been told, if you have two babies of the same hatch and you compare the tail lengths, i.e. the distance between the vent and the tip of the tail you can very often tell the difference between male and female.. I'm not sure but I think the females have the longer tail... Obviously this is helped if you have a hatch of four or five, you can compare them in pairs and work out which are which from a single pair that are different.. Sure it is not as accurate as a probe but it is non invasive and useful if you simply have a preference for one or other as a babe..
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0.1.0 Calli 50/50 High white phase - Cleo
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Gingerpony
SerpentSeven's Evil Twin
United Kingdom
726 Posts |
Posted - 11/05/2009 : 18:54:20
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| males tend to have longer tails but is not a very accurate method of sexing and relies on having a proper comparison. |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, Dumerils boas, BCO hybrids, Sinder Hypo boas, Day Geckos
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PunkAsF82
Egg
United Kingdom
94 Posts |
Posted - 22/05/2009 : 21:15:51
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[/quote] with great house keeping
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Now I can see a MKB in a little maids outfit  |
1.1.0 dogs
0.1.0 cat
0.1.0 horse
0.6.0 chickens
0.0.1 bearded dragon
1.3.0 guinea pigs
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A couple of questions.
