Gary Crested Gecko
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PardalisGirl
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Very nice!
Very nice Juli! How many grams is he/she? It's hard to judge size from a picture....If you tell me how many grams it is I can tell you what sex I think it is. Female Cresteds have bulges too. And some males are slow in developing them. I love the color under the chin area.
Very nice Juli! How many grams is he/she? It's hard to judge size from a picture....If you tell me how many grams it is I can tell you what sex I think it is. Female Cresteds have bulges too. And some males are slow in developing them. I love the color under the chin area.
Julirs
New Member
I will try and weigh him tomorrow. All of a sudden he seems to be growing like crazy!
Julirs
New Member
He ususally rips off a corner and takes all of the "puffs" out of the toys. This one is made pretty well-but I am sure it is only a matter of time.
Olimpia
Biologist & Ecologist
You know what they say - when in doubt, look for pores! (Well... I don't think anyone says that but it's true! lol). Flip him over and look to see if he has pores yet. If I remember correctly, I think you can tell as early as 8 weeks with a super magnifying glass, and 4 months if you've got great vision 
Very cute crestie!
Very cute crestie!
Syn
Avid Member
I love my loupe, but sometimes they don't develop until they are up to 3-5 months of age. I had a gecko that I was so sure was female.. at 4 months of age, I checked "her" for pores because it looked like he had a bump going on... sure enough, male!If I remember correctly, I think you can tell as early as 8 weeks with a super magnifying glass, and 4 months if you've got great vision
Very cute crestie!
Olimpia
Biologist & Ecologist
I don't own a loupe, so I go by what I can see and that definately is when they're older lol. But I've heard some people say they can sex their cresties that early, so I'm just putting that out there. I've gotten loads of hatchling cresties over the last few months and haven't gotten a single male yet! lol So I have to admit that I haven't had to look for pores in the longest time.
Syn
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No, they aren't ALL nocturnal. I hold my cresteds during the day sometimes, they fall back asleep very quickly. Sometimes I wait for them to wake up on their own to move around and fall back asleep.
Oh you lucky person. I haven't even tried louping my babies yet. Loupes aren't expensive!
PardalisGirl
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My Cresties......
My Cresties wake up about 6:00 or 7:00 pm and get a drink of water. Females often become active then because they get some quiet time to eat and drink in peace before the male in their cage (I keep them in 1.3 groups) starts his nightly pursuit of them.
I've got a loupe but have discovered that many Cresties can have tiny dark pigment spots in the middle of the scales that look like pores. If I can see actual indenting which happens with age, then I declare it a male. If not I wait. Even with a loupe it can be very tricky. I love them though
My Cresties wake up about 6:00 or 7:00 pm and get a drink of water. Females often become active then because they get some quiet time to eat and drink in peace before the male in their cage (I keep them in 1.3 groups) starts his nightly pursuit of them.
I've got a loupe but have discovered that many Cresties can have tiny dark pigment spots in the middle of the scales that look like pores. If I can see actual indenting which happens with age, then I declare it a male. If not I wait. Even with a loupe it can be very tricky. I love them though
Syn
Avid Member
That's exactly what they are, preanal pores, males get them.. but on rare occasion females will get pseudo-pores.
