Male of female my little Raptor Holdback

[supperl]

Okay long time nothing written here but after first test I had time to take pics and ask this,
okay this is my first Raptor and best Holdback so far(from my Raptors).
Could she be a he....?

THX for help

 

[van_veen456]

She looks like a she to me...

 

[supperl]

that would be the best that could happen..... she/he is 12 gramms now. Does someone have pics of a 12 gramms male available?
Shes my best holdback would be cruel if she is a male^^

 

[brad.a.c]

Unless it's TPed I thought you couldn't really visually see it's gender until like 6 months?

 

[supperl]

it´s temp sexed female but I guess you can say on some that sex that early. I mean I thought the gecko could be a male cause of the hempinis bulgs but yeah might be a bit early I just hope it´s not a male

 

[fallen_angel]

Well I tried my best to get some pics of a 12 gram male..
You can see his bulge from this pic rather easily:

and this is my attempt at taking a pic of his underside, but it probably doesn't help much

That is one very beautiful gecko you have Thorsten congrats!! :smitten: and it does look female

 

[supperl]

THX Jess yours is also a cute!!
I´ve done another pics from his bulgs(or hers^^):

could be male right? Damn that wouldn´t be so good for me^^

 

[fallen_angel]

You're very welcome and thanks
But yeah, I would agree that it could be male.. didn't look male before, but it does in those pics :main_robin:

 

[supperl]

If male I have at least a male for a friend so no realy big deal but after all this is the best and nicest Raptor so far...... well we will see how he/she will look around September.
THX

 

[Kristi23]

She/he is really nice!

 

[paulnj]

looks female to me, but it's still a bit earlly to positively sex as female.

 

[gage]

ide say her

 

[RAZERWIREREPTILES]

I would vote female and the one great little"hopefull" female you have there.
Great pic to btw.... what kind of cam do you use to take the pics i cant ever seem to get that much detail and that close/zoomed in at the same time. Gratz again great hold back there.

 

[supperl]

Hope your right with the female thingi^^

I use a Canon EOS 350D from mydad with indirect flash(to the ceiling which is white).
THe closeup is made with a close-up lens +4.
I dunno the objective name somethign from Sigma^^

thx@ all

 

[paulnj]

So you mostlikely have a short zoom lens in the 24-80ish focal range. You are using flash bounced off the ceiling to even the flash to make it less harsh. the closeup was done with a +4 closeup lens(diopter) that screws onto the from of the lens(very tough to hand hold at close range too)

 

[supperl]

So you mostlikely have a short zoom lens in the 24-80ish focal range. You are using flash bounced off the ceiling to even the flash to make it less harsh. the closeup was done with a +4 closeup lens(diopter) that screws onto the from of the lens(very tough to hand hold at close range too)

Okay just took a look.
I have my dad's Eos 350 D with the following:
Sigma 18-200mm 3,5-6,3 DC
Hama Nahlinse +4 62 mm <--- that link is to a 52mm but won´t fit to the objectiv as the Sigma has 62mm.

Braun stick flash 280 BVC (very old but realy good).

With the flash I can flash the ceiling like Paul said the direct flash is to harsh and makes the gecko look unreal to me. + ceiling flash will bring light from all round(you could add white walls around the Gecko and a few more flashs but I never done that).

+ a UV filtre but just to protect the lens.

 

[supperl]

Does these pics help more?

THX for reading

 

[efx*]

Very nice gecko!!!

 

[godzillizard]

looks like a dimpled female to me--I had a large # of females with male-esque pores. I think it's because I sexed the eggs at 82 for the first month and then moved them to the male incubator--hormones "fire-up" at the higher temps I hope you got your girl, and I'll keep my fingers crossed for you Thorsten!

 

[paulnj]

looks female to me also.