Golden Gecko (With Pore/Belly Photos!) DUW!!

cantilxcotton · #1 03-10-2009, 02:07 PM

So I got my first Golden Gecko this past week. I had a choice of 6 different males, and the one I picked out has a hella cool personality. They are extremely inquisitive like my White Lines. He walks around on you and with **** and turn his head at everything. He can be quite fast, but so far has shown no real fear, but more of I don't really know you that well yet. This little guy is originally WC, and has several scratches on him, and alot of dry skin, but has surprisingly good weight to him. I can't wait to see what he looks like after a few months. Let me know what you think!

And yes, the small injury on his toe has been treated......lol!

crestedtimm · #2 03-10-2009, 08:37 PM

very good photos of a very cool, very underrated gecko.

Make sure you know they can subsist nearly entirely on CGD, with some bugs thrown in there now and then. Yours may take a lil while, or may take right to it, but it is mos def a large part of the diet f those in my collection, and I very much e=njoy mine

Hope you do too!

Timm

with some TLC, he will be a screamer in no time!

cliff_f · #3 03-10-2009, 11:02 PM

That looks like a female or a undeveloped male.

Sgvreptiles · #4 03-11-2009, 12:25 AM

Id say female.

Ingo · #5 03-11-2009, 02:34 AM

thats why so many people think, they do own a female....and are shocked when they see their "paired" animals fighting out of a sudden.
Wc females are rare (around 1 of 20-30 animals) and many many males are sold as females.
In cb animals, a 50/50 ratio in sexes is normal, thus the bias in wc animals should stem from the fact that females are much more secretive and thus not caught as often as males.

But back to the pics: This animal is 100% male!

Outside breeding season (these do breed seasonally) pores do look like that in males. Easiest way to sex adults at any time of the year is to look at the tubercle scales at the tail base. These are always clearly visible in males and virtually absent in females.

Best

Ingo

SamanthaJane13 · #6 03-12-2009, 06:05 PM

Great pictures, Jamie!!

Thanks for posting the vent shots!!

cantilxcotton · #7 03-12-2009, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ingo

thats why so many people think, they do own a female....and are shocked when they see their "paired" animals fighting out of a sudden.
Wc females are rare (around 1 of 20-30 animals) and many many males are sold as females.
In cb animals, a 50/50 ratio in sexes is normal, thus the bias in wc animals should stem from the fact that females are much more secretive and thus not caught as often as males.

But back to the pics: This animal is 100% male!

Outside breeding season (these do breed seasonally) pores do look like that in males. Easiest way to sex adults at any time of the year is to look at the tubercle scales at the tail base. These are always clearly visible in males and virtually absent in females.

Best

Ingo

Thanks for filling everyone in the correct way for me, now I can be lazy. I know he is a male. Thanks for all the comments everyone!

cliff_f · #8 03-12-2009, 08:19 PM

That is why "sexing by picture" is not a very effective way to have your animals sexed, or show the sex. If the camera angle is not just perfect it is hard to tell. I am not saying you are wrong in anyway because apparently from all the threads you know how to sex your animals, but I still think it looks like a female or undeveloped male by those particular pictures.