A lesson in snake sexing
So tonight, just for the hell of it, I got out my probes and started sexing snakes. I did Bark (M), Stick (M), Blossom (F), Crystal (F), and Ast. Ast .... is male. >__< Great. He is male 100% without a shadow of a doubt, sperm plugs popped out and he probed probably a dozen scales deep with NO resistance.
I bought Ast as a baby FEMALE nearly three years ago, and like a dumbass never checked 'her' sex until tonight. I checked it tonight because 'she' is a big snake now and I was planning on breeding 'her' to Bark this year. Obviously, this is not going to happen now, but I'll tell you what is going to happen. Tomorrow Ast is going back from whence he came (to Zookeeper) to be traded for an actual female. One that I will be probing before buying. This will probably set me back a bit since females are worth more than males, but I WANT 2 big girls this season. I'm not prepared to hang on to Ast, no matter how much I like him, since he is now proven to be a normal male. Stick is a normal male. I do not need two normal males. Hell, I really don't even need one, but Stick has seniority (he's my first snake) so he's staying. Ast is going. Say goodbye, everyone!
I bought Ast as a baby FEMALE nearly three years ago, and like a dumbass never checked 'her' sex until tonight. I checked it tonight because 'she' is a big snake now and I was planning on breeding 'her' to Bark this year. Obviously, this is not going to happen now, but I'll tell you what is going to happen. Tomorrow Ast is going back from whence he came (to Zookeeper) to be traded for an actual female. One that I will be probing before buying. This will probably set me back a bit since females are worth more than males, but I WANT 2 big girls this season. I'm not prepared to hang on to Ast, no matter how much I like him, since he is now proven to be a normal male. Stick is a normal male. I do not need two normal males. Hell, I really don't even need one, but Stick has seniority (he's my first snake) so he's staying. Ast is going. Say goodbye, everyone!