*POOF* Cresticles overnight

Well, as suspected Dreki is indeed male.

I was going to go get him a cage mate (unsexed juvie) tomorrow at the WI show. (I think I live too close to reptile shows...and well..job offer means $ in the future).

I was going to get him a friend of comparable size. What I'm wondering now is if I need to move Dreki into a seperate cage until the unsexed guys give me an indication of sex and then introduce (provided female)? Can I intro a new unsexed friend, or should I pick up a sexed female?

EDIT: Dreki is only about 12 grams in weight, so he's not ready to breed yet..to avoid any possible early breedings, should I just seperate him out?

You can intro an unsexed friend, but if they seem hostile it's a good chance that the new one will grow overnight cresticles too. You might want to try either to get a little smaller one or a definite female, because female shouldn't be any trouble and smaller may take a while to start the male hormones even if it is a male, so it would improve your odds of being able to house together.

would they fight if you put two together?

Two males would definately fight and have problems in the cage I've got bpkid. Generally males housed together will fight. It has been proven otherwise, BUT ONLY when there was a huge amount of space for them..and I think the males were housed together as babies.

So basically NO housing males together.

thats what i thought,i was just making sure.so,when do you find out when they are males or females,like what age?

Males usually start to develop the hemipenal bulges at 4 to 6 months but some may take longer.

i swear i saw cresticles on meenie last night, but seeing as how he/she is only about 12 weeks old, i'm probably just being facetious. and i'm wanting him to be a boy, so of course i'm looking a little harder for any tiny indications. :P

Dreki had tiny indications of them when I first got him, but they are definately cresticles now :P

Cresticles - I love that word! Good one Marla!

Thanks, TG. :) I thought it had a better 'ring' to it than "hemipenal bulge" or "preanal bulge."

or anything else with the term "bulge" in it. people always crack up when i use that term now. :P

I don't see why it shouldn't become the standard term. :lmao:

according to the rhac book (repashy). they have sexed some as early as four months by looking for dot or dimples in the center of the preanal pores. you have to use a 8 or 10 x loupe to see the pores though. also males have 5 lines of these pores and females only up to 3 lines. none of this is fact just what they have researched.

thanks
vaughn

guess i'll have to take meenie with me to zales next time i go to get my wedding ring cleaned. :P

LOL - that's a good one! :D