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Old 07-27-2011, 10:22 PM
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Default Sexing gold dust day gecko



Can anyone help me sex this GDD gecko? Sorry the pix aren't that great.

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As you said the pic is not the best, but I would say you have a female.
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As you said the pic is not the best, but I would say you have a female.
Thx...that's what I'm thinking too...I don't see any pores.

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As you said the pic is not the best, but I would say you have a female.


How about this one?

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Hey, I'd say female as well on both pictures. If you were looking at a big group of them males typically have a wider head and tail. Not by much but if you've got a group it is pretty easy to see.
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Hey, I'd say female as well on both pictures. If you were looking at a big group of them males typically have a wider head and tail. Not by much but if you've got a group it is pretty easy to see.
Thx for the help...was hoping for a male and female. One is larger and has a wider tail for sure. Do you think it might be it's just growing faster? It definitely likes to bask in the uvb light more.

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Old 07-28-2011, 09:12 AM
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Are they both captive bred? At a quick glance the first picture does look like it could be male or female. If they are wc you'll never be able to be sure of age or how much each was finding to eat before coming to the market. Are they in the same enclosure? Also, my females sit with their stomach on the glass when they have eggs growing in their bellies. Weird but it really helps to see if they are getting towards laying or not. If you are caring well for these geckos then the females will produce eggs frequently. My breeding female lays eggs every 3-5 weeks. She laid one around a week or 2 ago and I can already see 2 more clearly in her belly
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Are they both captive bred? At a quick glance the first picture does look like it could be male or female. If they are wc you'll never be able to be sure of age or how much each was finding to eat before coming to the market. Are they in the same enclosure? Also, my females sit with their stomach on the glass when they have eggs growing in their bellies. Weird but it really helps to see if they are getting towards laying or not. If you are caring well for these geckos then the females will produce eggs frequently. My breeding female lays eggs every 3-5 weeks. She laid one around a week or 2 ago and I can already see 2 more clearly in her belly
They are captive bred...got them young so they were unsexable. Breeder attempted to sex them by how long they took to hatch, but couldn't confirm it. The probable male was trying to "mate" stressing the probable female, by biting on her neck...I hear that's normal.Breeder said she was too young to breed, so I separated them until last weekend. They are both in a 10 gallon tall. I have contained them at times to clean their tanks, and attempted to sex them, but they stress out. I suppose if one doesn't begin laying eggs soon I'll assume they are both females.

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That sounds like male and female from the behavior. My juveniles have been chasing each other around like the one hates the other. The adults do more of the courtship and slower following not so much the chasing. From what your saying I'd bet you have a pair
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