I don't have a loupe laying around so I was just going to wait him out and see if he grew a pouch. If not, then I'll be forced to call him a "she"!Originally Posted by artgecko
Congrats! Looks like a nice harlequin (not an extreme harley though). He / she has good contrast in it's markings and background.
The only way to sex other than when it becomes obvious is to look for pores... There will be a line about the vent with scales that have center indentions in a male animal, although you have to use a jeweler's loupe to see them and I'm not very good at it myself. You could just wait and be surprised.
I kinda use the cresteds as an excuse to set up planted "display" tanks too.. the geckos themselves don't come out much, but the plants always look good. Sometimes the geckos will sleep in semi-visible spots and they can pick some odd positions which is funny to see. In my classroom that is the first thing the students do when they come in... play "where's Helga and Phoebe?" lol.
Good luck trying not to collect more cresteds..They are addictive.
I'm going to my first show at the end of the month and am afraid at what I'll come back with. Hopefully I can set myself a budget to bring and only spend that. I'm hoping to come back with a hognose and a new CG...hopefully a breeder quality male dalmatian, but we'll see...I may end up with multiple CGs if good animals are there. I'll also have to buy feeders for the new snake, so that'll have to come out of my budget too.
Artgecko
As of right now, he's going to be my only one. However, I'm pretty impartial to dalmations too...so I may end up with one of those. If Cousous ends up being a she, once she's full grown I may upgrade her cage and get another adult female cage mate. But for now he'll be my only one.
I want a little hoggie so bad! I reptile sat for a friend who has a little het albino hognose. Cutest thing ever.
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