Sexing possible?

[Rotto]

I was just wondering if its possible to sex my two henks. They are about six months at the moment. Personaly i find it very difficult to notice any differences between them, so maybe they are the same sex?

Animal no 1.

Animal no 2.

 

[lessthantito]

kinda look like girls to me

 

[klondike4001]

Both girls from my point of view.

 

[strikedistance]

Females for sure!!!

 

[miguel camacho!]

they are too young to sex. signs of the hemipenes dropping wont be evident until approximately 1 year in age. that first one is the spitting image of several of the henks i hatched out last year though, all of which turned out male. so to be safe, i wouldnt mark those as female just yet.

 

[Whodaplatus?]

I would offer that the second looks like a possible female based on subtleties of pattern, and second that it may be too early to tell from the cloacal standpoint. I should add that with regard to sex and pattern, "%70 of the time, you can tell every time." Henks are great animals regardless.

Regards,
Whodaplatus?

 

[Rotto]

Thanks for the replies. I'm guessing that no 2 is a female, based on the pattern. No 1 is a bit more difficult... Since they come from different bloodlines it would be nice if they turn out 1.1, but if they are 0.2 it would not be a total disaster either

 

[Rotto]

Here is an update to this thread. All pics bellow are of animal no 2 above... what do you think, a possible male?

 

[Scott F]

pattern looks female to me. the vent area is slighty raised, but at this point it is hard to tell. some of my mature females had a slightly raised vent area..but when compared to a mature male there was a large difference. however i have had males drop after the year mark. in the last picture the hemipene pouch area looks defined, he might be on the verge of becoming mature. one thing i noticed in my collection is that once a small bulge appears it developes pretty quickly. imo im leaning towards male.