Sexing my leo.

[grboxa]

Okay so I heard that some leos can develop pores and bulges pretty late so I waited a bit to take these pictures and ask for a identification. Its been half a year since we got what I thought was a male, but the only problem is I got him from my local reptile shop without a DOB, the first picture was the first day we got him, he had to be at least a month. So my leo is at least 7 months I would say. It looks like a female to me. Is there a chance it may still be a late bloomer?. I have a big 24x18 which im using for this current gecko, so if it is a female, I want to try and introduce my bell female on a close monitor.

 

[theCREECH]

looks female to me too. I can't really speak about the late bloomer theory

 

[katie_]

The third picture looks like the pores may be developing some wax.
But I see no bulges.
I would say we need to wait an see!

 

[grboxa]

I will have to I guess, need to be 100 percent sure. Thanks!

 

[Notmyfault]

Looks like a female to me, hopefully we're right

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[mack]

I would bet quite a bit that it's a female for sure!

 

[mack]

also can you take a pic of its body upright. Or like in a normal postion?

 

[Taquiq]

Yep, that's a female.

 

[im faster]

id say female.. try the wagners method

 

[brillobee]

female, males have much darker pores

 

[katie_]

Males do have bigger pores, but the gecko is still young. Look how small it is in the first picture.
Females dont have waxy pores, this one may. I would say its still too early to be 100% sure.

 

[RampantReptiles]

id say female.. try the wagners method

The what?

 

[grboxa]

Males do have bigger pores, but the gecko is still young. Look how small it is in the first picture.
Females dont have waxy pores, this one may. I would say its still too early to be 100% sure.

When do you think is a good enough time to wait?, at least a year?. I don't want to deal with the possible circumstance of it being a male. Don't want to stress out my other female, and I wouldn't have the heart to throw out a fertile egg(sounds lame yes I know).

 

[grboxa]

The what?

Could be WAY off, but I read the males' tail shakes fast towards a female as a sign of mating when close in relation to a slow waving for aggression/fear. So I'm guessing introduce them in a neutral environment and see how the gecko we are questioning reacts?.

 

[Sunrise Reptile]

I see no indication that the gecko pictured is male. :main_no:

 

[grboxa]

Me either. I was on a website just browsing and came across this "Many beginners think their gecko is being cute 'wagging his butt all over the cage'. In reality, he is staking out his territory.". I have heard this before, but I'm assuming this is in regards to adult males?, or do older juvies do this aswell?, because If so I have never seen my leo do that. Anyways though, I'm going to wait a bit more regardless now just to be sure, there's no rush, I appreciate the input from everyone .

 

[abrahamavelar]

female, males have much darker pores

not all of the males mine dont but u could see them and the buldges

 

[NeoLeos]

Hey Michelle the Wagners method is kinda an ovoscopy, but we have to use the light to see through the pelvic cavity of the gecko instead of the egg.