Male or female king?

Assuming female. Thoughts? :blush:
Online says short thin is female and long thick is male. What about long thin though? :joy: Bit of both maybe :thinking::laughing:






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Hmmmm That tail is a little long, How old is the snake and how long is it

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Long? :sweat_smile:
Not measured lol.
Lost for 3 years. Around 4+ Roughly. Not sure on exact age.

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Kay, Your right abt long tail is a male and short thick is a female. if this is a grey banded kingsnake @t_h_wyman might have more on the topic

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Itā€™s a Nuevo leon if thatā€™s helps.
And long thick is male. Short thin is female. Thatā€™s why Iā€™m confused :sweat_smile:

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Male snakes have a longer tail for gripping females when breeding If this helps, I would say wait till its comfortable then pop if you have experience doing it if you cant identify form the tail.

This if a example
Sexing - ReptiFilesĀ®, LLC
Female is on left and male on right

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So looking maleā€¦

I was told not to ā€˜popā€™ an adult kingā€¦ Iā€™m happy to do so though so may give a go later!

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That helps a lot. The tail is very long! So she isnā€™t a she going by that! :sweat_smile:

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I popped my adult kingsnake without any issue, the key is to not pop them all the way. Only enough to tell it is a male. That said, one thing males have that females donā€™t is a obvious ā€œspeed bumpā€. Start at the cloaca and gently press your finger down, then run it the length of the tail until you feel an obvious bump or a kinda drop off feeling. That will be where the hemipenes stop. It is hard to describe but if you feel it you will know.

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Wait did you just say lost for 3 years damn Iā€™ve heard of some going a year but 3 I donā€™t doubt it at all but thatā€™s impressive how did you find him?

They rescued from someone that told them that story, but due to the appearance of the story it looks like they were trying to make money to support a litter of kittens that their cat had.

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He isnā€™t mine, well is now. But the previous owner brought him as a female cornsnake. One day it escaped and they couldnā€™t find him, 3 years later out he popped when her cat had babies. Probably smelt them and though ā€˜finally foodā€™! :joy:

I know right, a bloody long time! :sweat_smile:

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Didnā€™t actually cost my friend or I anything.
My friend was given him as the woman obviously didnā€™t want him anymore since nothing to care for him now, also after seeing him again she was scared of him, and He was aggressiveā€™ and was striking. (And was a female cornsnake, so maybe best she didnā€™t keep him not knowing the correct Snake also)
My friend then who took him on and she said he was striking also, a lot, didnā€™t seem like a nice snake, her partner said he didnā€™t want him in the house and they were worried for their kiddies.
Which is why we said weā€™d take him on.
But I mean, Does he seem aggressive to yā€™all? :joy:



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Itā€™s a Boy!! :laughing:

Did you use the technique I explained? And congrats lol.

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He does have the bump you said yes!
And I asked someone who keeps them, I can pop a royal but I was worried about popping him.
So I sent a lot of pictures to the guy and with the tail size and bump itā€™s a he!
Thankyou for that, a lot of help. Didnā€™t know the bump was an indicator too. Poor thing has been called a she all this time :sweat_smile:

Thankyou, proud mum šŸ„²šŸ˜‚

Oh, yes of course. That mean snake is just planning to bite your face off. I mean you could just send him to me and Iā€™ll take him free of charge for training. :rofl:

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Would Royal Mail be ok? :rofl:

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I appreciate the vote of confidence but with my GBKs I cheated and sent the sheds to Ben Morrill for confirmation

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