*POOF* Cresticles overnight

[Schlyne]

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?

[Marla]

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.

[Shaun J]

would they fight if you put two together?

[Schlyne]

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.

[Shaun J]

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

[Schlyne]

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

[mlededee]

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.

[Schlyne]

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

[Tigergenesis]

Cresticles - I love that word! Good one Marla!

[Marla]

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