Hey guys. Long time lurker. Been keeping snakes for the last 3 years.
Does this look like sperm to you? From my supposedly female falsie. She/he is just over a year old.
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Looks like urates to me. From what I’ve heard and seen snake sperm is usually a yellowish color, though take that with a grain of salt.
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I hope you are right. From my experience urates are more of a pure white and dry like a lump of chalk. Ill be gutted if its male. She/he is my last snake so I was planning to have a big friendly giant of a falsie. I’ve put so much work into his/her temperament and being handleable. Would hate to start again
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I’m not so sure… they look too mucousy to be urates to me. Urates would definitely be a bit more solid and opaque.
I don’t work with FWCs though so there is a chance I could be wrong.
I don’t think you having a male or female is going to affect temperament, I have/had female snakes that were temperamental and some that were sweethearts- the same way for males.
It depends on socializing and general personality of the snake, FWCs as far as I’ve seen tend to be generally more touchy with their temperament as it is.
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After discussion with her breeder he talked me through popping. She was very patient with me and im 99% sure she popped as a female. I definately felt the pop and if there were any hemipenes there im sure they would of come out.
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Also here’s a video of her. I’ve worked so hard socialising her and de-sensitising her. Can just reach in and pick her out. Lots of videos of her on my channel
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Hello there @rowden Rowden! So glad you are now a participant and no longer a lurker! I’m not trying to be nosy about where you’re from but I love your accent!
I don’t recall ever seeing another FWC posted here since I joined several years ago so I’m so excited to see this pretty girl! I’m fascinated by these magnificent creatures so I’m hoping you will continue to post pictures of her (glad she’s a she btw!) so we can watch her grow! I plan to check out your channel as well!
Be glad what you thought might be sperm are actually loose urates and not calcified urates. Dealing with a snake that’s backed up with calcified urates is no picnic believe me! 
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I’m not too quick to rely on popping snakes as the sole method of sexing, I usually go for a pop and then use a probe if I don’t see hemipenes because for larger snakes the hemipenes can be very difficult to evert if the snake is not completely relaxed. RGI on MorphMarket also does shed sex determination tests for Colubrids.
As a heads up you are not supposed to feel an actual “pop” when you make an attempt, the sexing method only referred to as popping because people refer everting the hemipenes as “popping out the hemipenes". If this was your first attempt at this method I highly reccomend being very careful next time because if not done correctly you can injure your snake.
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Im from the south of England. I have plenty more pictures but as a new member I can only post 1 per comment. Once im more trusted I’ll make a new thread and upload them. I also weigh her roughly once a month so I can share her growth rate too. Thanks for checking out my videos 
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Thats slightly concerning to read but im sure ive done no damage. I really didnt apply any pressure at all because I was extremely nervous and wasn’t confident enough to risk causing any damage.
Here’s a screenshot from my breeders video guide. He held back one from the clutch mines from and shes an absolute bitey witch. You can see I was nowhere near as intrusive as he was haha.
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What a great snake! Good to have you both actively engaging.
As far as I know, you should expect FWC semen to be yellow. With my corns, it’s not just vaguely yellowish; it’s distinctly yellow. Found a pic which somewhat shows the color, but in person it’s even more yellow than this.
Fwiw, I’ve only seen semen following actual matings. Nobody ever left random semen in the grass.
Popping is normally done with youngsters. It’s not considered reliable once they’re past about 6 months old. The simplest and 100% accurate thing to do is to just send a bit of shed to RGI. Zero chance of injuring the snake, and you’ll know beyond question.
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Thanks for that picture. Very re-assuring. She always drops a poop of i left her move around on the grass for a while. The picture was taking eight after the poo happened. The fact that there’s 2 blobs one per hemipene and the colour/consistency of the liquid was what made the alarm bells ring. The blobs look nothing like your picture.
I think caron is right in saying that they are non calcified urates.
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Omg im surprised anyone could read that. I was on the verge of falling asleep when writing 
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