Re: [Gecko] male or female?

[Julie Bergman]

Hi Troy, I did sell you this gecko, right? We had talked about this offlist and probably should continue to do so. My apologies if I have you mixed up with someone else! The gecko in that conversation was much younger though, about 4 months, harder to sex. At nine months you should be able to sex a leopard gecko fairly easily as both male and female are sexually mature at that age. Males will start to have "gunk" flowing out of their femoral pores at that time. Hemipenes will be obvious in males. Some females will also have "bumps" but no gunk coming out of the pores. How about sending me a photo of the underside of the gecko or posting one to the list if you have the capability. Julie Bergman http://www.geckoranch.com GGA lifetime member Troy wrote:  I have a leo that is about 9 months old. It was sold to me as a female but I don't know. I have a couple of books that show the preanal pores for males and I have seen a male that realy resembles those pictures. But my "female" seems to have them if you look realy close. And as for the bulges at the base of the tale, there seems to be slight bumps but nothing like the male I once saw. Is there any other things I could do to be sure what sex they are? If I put her with a male and "she" is actualy a male, how long before the would fight? Thanks, T.D.