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I spent this weekend getting my recent litter setup in individual shoeboxes, I noticed a lot of cloudy eyes a couple days ago so they'll be shedding soon. Yay! While I was moving them into their tubs I tried using the bump method on them but either I have all girls or I wasn't doing it right, lol. I did check a couple of my 2014's (already knew their sex) and I was able to easily identify male/female using the bump method. It's been a few years since I used the popping method so I'm hesitant to try it again because I know if you don't do it right you can injure the snake. Does the bump method work better at a particular age?
Also other random question. Are there any visual markers for het anerys? Obviously there is no guarantee but I was just curious. I have a total of 13 hypos in this litter and their color varies quite a bit. Some of them have more of a "muddy" appearance and have some black outlining. My TH Moonglow, who is the sire of this litter, also has this muddiness on his sides and black outlining around his saddles. I have a few other hypos in my collection that are possibly het anery and some of them have these characters too.
Also other random question. Are there any visual markers for het anerys? Obviously there is no guarantee but I was just curious. I have a total of 13 hypos in this litter and their color varies quite a bit. Some of them have more of a "muddy" appearance and have some black outlining. My TH Moonglow, who is the sire of this litter, also has this muddiness on his sides and black outlining around his saddles. I have a few other hypos in my collection that are possibly het anery and some of them have these characters too.