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Male or Female

Postby Drew » Sat Aug 18, 2007 4:46 am

hi guys.im a bit confused. I
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m having a hard time to get the sex of Boris. and im posting a pic of an INdo that someone has been trying to sell me, he says its a Male.

here is the indo
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here is Boris
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is it possible to tell?
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Postby Jenn » Sat Aug 18, 2007 6:24 am

There is a whole section on the caresheet about how to tell the sex of a skink. There are some indications with body shape but it's not a definite way. The only way to know for sure is to see boy bits and sperm plugs from a male. If you haven't seen any boy stuff then after a while you can assume it a female. You can also put two together around breeding season and see how they react to each other. Like I said the caresheet goes into more detail. Ask this guy how he knows the indo is a male. You aren't looking to breed with your IJ are you?
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Postby Drew » Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:20 pm

ok thanks Jenn.
well, i figured that IJ's belongs to IJ's 8)
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Postby Lucifer_Spades » Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:45 pm

I dunno but that guy looks pretty IJ to me not really a standard indo.

Although as I've said before I'm no expert.
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Postby PICJESS » Sun Aug 19, 2007 1:02 pm

the other skink your friend is trying to sell you is definitely an indo. Looks just like Mr. Booger :)
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Postby Lucifer_Spades » Sun Aug 19, 2007 6:36 pm

Lucifer_Spades wrote:I dunno but that guy looks pretty IJ to me not really a standard indo.

Although as I've said before I'm no expert.


Ooops I thought it was 2 pics of the same skink. Guess I should learn to read.;)
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Postby Drew » Sun Aug 19, 2007 7:28 pm

hi guys.. maybe you got it all mixed up or is it my post? im trying to figure out the SEX not the species... :D
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Postby LittleFoot » Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:22 am

Impossible to acuatley tell by looking at them. One of the best way to tell is while they pee, if you see the hemps pop out and they leave sperm plugs, it's a male. If after several times you don't see this, you can assume you have a female.

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Postby mom22wins » Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:28 am

Can you tell when they pee if their still babies?
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Postby Zach » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:59 am

Really good shot, Littlefoot!

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Postby Zach » Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:00 am

mom22wins wrote:Can you tell when they pee if their still babies?



Hemipenes could evert essentially at any age....sperm plugs; the earliest I've ever heard of is 3 months.

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