Can you tell me based on your opinion what you think this 400 gram ball pythons gender is totally off of their tail
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Nope. Ball pythons aren’t sexually dimorphic in that fashion. Eventually females get to a larger size but they don’t always exceed the size of a large male. With most Colubrids you can sex them visually, but it doesn’t work with pythons.
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I’d recommend taking your snake to a trusted breeder or reptile/exotic vet to have it popped/probed to determine sex. Unfortunately you cannot tell sex base on tail, as @ballornothing stated.
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I agree with the above 2 comments . Some snakes you can get some idea that way or with tail scale counts a bit, but not not ball pythons.
Any ball python I buy that I am not confident about due to the breeders experience, I probe to confirm male or female before purchase. Always and especially the UK equivalent of rehomed or crages list.
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