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darrkang3l
Hatchling
United Kingdom
403 Posts |
 Posted - 21/03/2012 : 12:24:53
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ1g_kv_jko
i stumbled across this and it horrifies me... surely this can make the snake very uncomfortable? looks horrific imo! :(
anybody use this method and think its okay?
might just be me... lol |
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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5292 Posts |
Posted - 21/03/2012 : 12:36:08
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| yeh, its the usual way of sexing smalll hatchlings, apparently its not too bad for them |
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Sleep well Sonny, Mummy loves you xx
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darrkang3l
Hatchling
United Kingdom
403 Posts |
Posted - 21/03/2012 : 12:51:11
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Originally posted by ScalySituation
yeh, its the usual way of sexing smalll hatchlings, apparently its not too bad for them
howcome no pet shops can ever tell you the sex of hatchies and no1 ever mentions this method lol seems strange? :) |
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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5292 Posts |
Posted - 21/03/2012 : 12:53:19
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cos i guess some pet shops are afraid to get it wrong and get it in the neck
It can only be done on very small corns as far as im aware, which is probably why not many people talk about it |
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RIP Skye x
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darrkang3l
Hatchling
United Kingdom
403 Posts |
Posted - 21/03/2012 : 12:54:21
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Originally posted by ScalySituation
cos i guess some pet shops are afraid to get it wrong and get it in the neck
It can only be done on very small corns as far as im aware, which is probably why not many people talk about it
yeah i suppose! i wonder how big is too big to attempt :/ |
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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5292 Posts |
Posted - 21/03/2012 : 12:55:18
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| well sonny is about 60 cms long and i was told thats too big... |
1.0.0 Butter motley corn (Sheldon)
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RIP Skye x
Sleep well Sonny, Mummy loves you xx
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Auld Baldy
Ikea's Pimp
United Kingdom
1619 Posts |
Posted - 21/03/2012 : 13:52:56
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| It should only be done with young snakes and by a person who has been shown how to do it properly. You could cause permanent damage if you do it wrong. Check with local reptile shop, breeder or vet if you need to know. |
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Georgina
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2382 Posts |
Posted - 21/03/2012 : 14:48:36
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| Its normally done by the breeder and is perfectly normal. Its just as uncumfortable as getting them probed. Colne valley will prob for 15 pounds but he likes them to be atleast 2ft x |
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darrkang3l
Hatchling
United Kingdom
403 Posts |
Posted - 21/03/2012 : 15:07:35
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| it still frightens me ahah! when mine are bigger ile just go get them probed :) |
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Okeetee Mick
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2308 Posts |
Posted - 21/03/2012 : 16:36:50
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Originally posted by georginasweeting
Its normally done by the breeder and is perfectly normal. Its just as uncumfortable as getting them probed. Colne valley will prob for 15 pounds but he likes them to be atleast 2ft x
£15 is a ridiculous amount of money for something that takes 30 seconds to do  |
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Georgina
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2382 Posts |
Posted - 21/03/2012 : 16:40:46
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| To be fair he didn't charge me, but I have been in there a couple of times to sort out my bosses tortoise. |
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Okeetee Mick
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2308 Posts |
Posted - 21/03/2012 : 16:47:36
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Originally posted by georginasweeting
To be fair he didn't charge me, but I have been in there a couple of times to sort out my bosses tortoise.
Glad to hear it, just by coincidence I took four down to a reputable reptile shop yesterday and was shown how to do it properly and was all done in less than 3 or 4 minutes with no charge. There are some decent guys around. |
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Donnie
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
3215 Posts |
Posted - 21/03/2012 : 18:49:10
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| When I bought Sid I asked the guy what sex he was and he popped him there and then, over in seconds and Sid didn't seem bothered. |
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Sta~ple
qeeun speler
United Kingdom
6129 Posts |
Posted - 21/03/2012 : 19:00:15
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Originally posted by Auld Baldy
It should only be done with young snakes and by a person who has been shown how to do it properly. You could cause permanent damage if you do it wrong. Check with local reptile shop, breeder or vet if you need to know.
This. Which is why it is rather worrying when you see videos on you tube on popping and people who can't even type properly then go "im gonna ty dat nw!!" "i try and it wee on me or it was puss i dnt kwn" I know people who pop snakes have to start from somewhere but still O.o; |
   
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gmac
The Scottish Admin
United Kingdom
5319 Posts |
Posted - 21/03/2012 : 19:37:09
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| Our hatchies are popped after the first first feed, we do it just the once (well I do it then my good lady will do it) Is best on young ones before they start getting a muscle mass at the tail and while they are still bendy / flexible. |
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lotabob
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
4334 Posts |
Posted - 21/03/2012 : 19:46:36
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| That video does actually seem to show it gently done, I've seen worse that's for sure. |
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sue2012
Hatchling
United Kingdom
391 Posts |
Posted - 21/03/2012 : 19:47:49
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| i pop mine as soon as i get them as hatchies but was hown by a breeder the right way to do this i still like to take mine to a reptlie shop or breeder just to make sure when they are big enough to be probed as unless i pop and its a boy im never 100% sure lol |
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Auld Baldy
Ikea's Pimp
United Kingdom
1619 Posts |
Posted - 21/03/2012 : 20:50:27
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The link is to a Kathy Love video. If she can't do it properly then nobody can. 
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eeji
The Morph Master
United Kingdom
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Mamma
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
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LarkaDawg
Hatchling
442 Posts |
Posted - 22/03/2012 : 20:38:14
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| What kind of permanent damage can be done? I remember asking how to sex my corn Pan when I first got him (somewhere not on this forum) and was told that the easiest was popping. I gave it a try but I didn't really know what I was doing. I looked it up some more and read the 'let a professional do it at the bottom of the page' I was so worried at the time! I didn't want to say anything because of what a stupid mistake I had made!! I've had him for nearly a year now, and he was about 2 foot and aparently a year old but he was very small. It was a stupid thing to do and I didn't even stop to think, thinking that it was the done thing. I'm really worried, what kind of damage could I have done? |
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POPPING WTFFFf???
