jham66
Well-Known Member
WARNING: Do not attempt this if you are rough handed or inexperienced, research thoroughly before you handle hatchlings.
I just had a go at popping some hatchie Bredli and just thought I would post the experience to add some pearls of new found wisdom.
* It takes far less pressure than I thought it would!
* Luckily my first snake to attempt to 'pop' was Male. This helped immensely! I would suggest trying three or four snakes gently before changing technique, if you find a male you will know you are doing it right! If a few don't pop as males in a row, keep going, you can always go back and try again. I found I would loose confidence for a few, and then I would find another male and my confidence would be back.
* If you press your first finger and thumb together, the amount of pressure that only just begins to whiten the area under the thumb nail is the pressure used.
* Only one hemipene popped most times, but that's all it takes!
* I re-popped a male after I got 4 females in a row, his hemipene popped immediately. I then re-popped the females and was certain they were all female!
* I placed my thumb so when rolled forward the tip of my thumb would roll just to the posterior side of the cloaca, maybe 2mm back from the cloaca opening.
* Hatchies have far more wee than I thought possible!
* One hatchie bit! (4 days old) this was not a defence bite! He held on and tried to constrict! Sadly I felt a couple of teeth snap :-( as he constricted around his own neck!
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* Females have a small white protrusion(when popping) from the centre of the cloaca and small openings (caudal scent gland) approximately in the same position as the hemipenes on the male. She has spurs like the male
I just had a go at popping some hatchie Bredli and just thought I would post the experience to add some pearls of new found wisdom.
* It takes far less pressure than I thought it would!
* Luckily my first snake to attempt to 'pop' was Male. This helped immensely! I would suggest trying three or four snakes gently before changing technique, if you find a male you will know you are doing it right! If a few don't pop as males in a row, keep going, you can always go back and try again. I found I would loose confidence for a few, and then I would find another male and my confidence would be back.
* If you press your first finger and thumb together, the amount of pressure that only just begins to whiten the area under the thumb nail is the pressure used.
* Only one hemipene popped most times, but that's all it takes!
* I re-popped a male after I got 4 females in a row, his hemipene popped immediately. I then re-popped the females and was certain they were all female!
* I placed my thumb so when rolled forward the tip of my thumb would roll just to the posterior side of the cloaca, maybe 2mm back from the cloaca opening.
* Hatchies have far more wee than I thought possible!
* One hatchie bit! (4 days old) this was not a defence bite! He held on and tried to constrict! Sadly I felt a couple of teeth snap :-( as he constricted around his own neck!
.
* Females have a small white protrusion(when popping) from the centre of the cloaca and small openings (caudal scent gland) approximately in the same position as the hemipenes on the male. She has spurs like the male
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