Sexing juveniles - my experience

[acpart]

This year I incubated at a slightly higher temperature, high enough so there shoud be a number of males. I've been finding it educational and a bit overwhelming trying to sex them since I can no longer assume that they'll all be female (not that I assumed before, but it was likely, and nearly all of them were females).

As far as I can tell, there are 3 ways to try to sex: pores, bulges and the veins to the hemipenes (described on a thread somewhere here in the forums).

I have just not been able to get a consistent result with looking at the hemipene veins. Other people have noted how easy and reliable it is but it's just not working for me.

The bulges are not prominent enough for me in juvies (all my geckos born between April and Sept) to tell if they're male. Some days they al look male and some days they look female.

The pores are what's doing it for me. Using a magnifying glass (I don't have a loupe) I can pretty reliably find "holes" vs. "pits" in geckos as small as 12 grams.

How's everybody else doing?

Aliza

 

[ShelbyLu]

Can you tell me a little bit more about this? Are you talking about the V shape pores? And if so, what is the difference between pits and holes and which represent females and which males?

I have two new geckos and I'm trying to sex them. Currently they are enclosed together, but I'm assuming we'll need to change that soon.

Thanks,

~Shelby

 

[LepoInc]

With me, I've done a lot of my guessing at around 10g with bulges. Of course, I double check at pores but I don't have a magnifying glass and have to really squint to tell if I am seeing the scales or the pores.

I've been pretty confident when going with bulges, because even though they aren't really there yet, there is still a little extra skin.

 

[lisa127]

I always found it easiest to sex with bulges as well.

 

[Adirondackgeckos]

I loop as small as 10-12 grams. Out of 100 there has only been one that was iffy. And might I add this is the first season I produced ever sex I wanted! That's a first.

 

[acpart]

Yes, I'm talking about the V-shaped pre-anal pores. Most of the geckos have a visible "V". With a magnifying glass, the pores on the females appear to have a slight dip in the center. The males actually have a small hole in the center. If I see only dips I figure it's female; if I see actual holes it's male. The bulges are still not working for me at all.

Aliza