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Starmist
Hatchling
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 23/05/2012 : 11:17:02
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| Right! I went to my pet shop a few weeks ago to get some mice for Jake. The bloke who was there has his own snakes (even though they don't sell them at my pet shop) As usual he was curious as to what type of snake I had etc etc. I told him it was a corn, but was unsure on the sex. We discussed 'his' size. Jake has always been really long and thin like a worm and never seemed to bulk outwards! The man told me that's because he was a she... Apparently they tend to be thinner than the males?! Is this true?? 'He' has fattened up just lately, but 'his' neck is still rather thin compared to the rest of 'his' body. What do you guys think? Any truth in that? |
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Georgina
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
2382 Posts |
Posted - 23/05/2012 : 11:47:00
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| I had mine probed, and yes, lightning is male, longer and thinner. But generally the size is no indication on sex. X |
1.0 western hognose (hero)
1.0 phantom reverse pin dal brindle crested gecko (goyle)
0.2 red dal red harly (sprite) 99% full pin Harley crested gecko (TuLong)
0.0.3 miomantis paykullii
0.0.3 Bombina orientalis (oriental fire bellied toad)
0.3 fancy mice (snap, crackle and pop)
1.0 yorkshire terrier (jasper)
2.1 cats (echo, shadow and pokey) |
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Tasha89
Hatchling
United Kingdom
257 Posts |
Posted - 23/05/2012 : 12:26:46
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| Size doesnt indicate sex, however there is a myth about tail length aparantly a longer tail indicates it a male and a shorter tail for a female. I wasnt to sure whether this was ture so me and my friend measured all my males and my one female and she did a mathamayical equasion and it turns out from our findings that males do have longer tails. However the only way you will find out for definate whether your snake is male or female is to have it probed. |
Tasha
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4.0.0 - Corns - Hypo-Lavender (Lucifer), Bubblegum Snow (Houdini), Striped Carolina (Sarafino) and Black Cat (Ralphie)
0.2.0 - Corns - Anertheristic (Valentina), Lavender (Aiyana), Lavender (Di-nixi) |
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KINGSIZESLIM
Hatchling
United Kingdom
117 Posts |
Posted - 23/05/2012 : 12:45:58
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apparently males tails run thicker for the first couple of inches past the vent where as females tail bases taper quickly starting right past that point
acording to the cornsnake manual by bill n cathy love. |
Edited by - KINGSIZESLIM on 23/05/2012 13:15:29 |
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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
5292 Posts |
Posted - 23/05/2012 : 13:05:57
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| NB: these methods are not foolproof, in many cases they are not like this, if you really want to know, get 'him' probed :) |
1.0.0 Butter motley corn (Sheldon)
0.1.0 Caramel Corn (Maggie)
0.1.0 Caramel motley corn (Echo)
1.0.0 Cat (Angus)
1 mealworm colony
RIP Skye x
Sleep well Sonny, Mummy loves you xx
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Male or female....that is the question!
