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Sexing Leopard geckos

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Hello all!

Now, I know how to sex a leopard gecko, but I'm a little concerned about something. I have a patternless that was sold to me as "probably a female." Now, she is still pretty small but it appears to me that she has the hemipenal bulges. She does NOT have the femoral pores at all, but I don't really know if one comes earlier than the other. Now, she has a regenerated tail, so my other question would be if her tail falling off would cause there to perhaps be any abnormal bulges, so perhaps she doesn't, in fact, have hemipenal bulges at all. She does have an abnormal bulge right above her hipbones so I thought maybe she might have them underneath as well.

Anyway, any information on whether I may have a he instead of a she would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
 
Kate, a picture would really help. If you could post one, I'm sure that we could come to a pretty accurate decision.

As far as females having bluges. Some do tend to have more than others. They can definately have some small bulging and still be female. Some females also have darker pores but I have not seen this as much as the larger bulges.
I'm also not sure if the tail loss would effect the bulges or not. It is possible that because she does not have a tail that she is using that area as extra fat storage?? (just a theory)
 
Well...I will give this a shot..

Ok I am not entirely sure how to post pictures on here but I will give it a shot..
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It doesn't really show up as clearly on the pictures as I had hoped but hopefully someone will be able to shed some light on the sex of this kid.
Thanks!
 
I have some girls with little bulges like that at the tail, I didn't look at all of them but a few and some had small bulges. None of my females have a regen tail except for 2 with the tip so Im not sure if that affects the area.

Do you know how old the leo is?

I have a young male about 5 months old that has larger buldges than that and the pores are there but not like smack you in the face there like my adult males. I can see the pores lightly but htey would not show up in a pic at all.
 
The tail looks like it grew back pretty good. Poor girls missing half her toes too. I would say wait a couple more weeks and you should be able to tell easier what sex she/he is. How old did you say she was?
 
Hello all...I know about the toes, she came to me that way, and she actually is missing several on her front leg on the same side as well...the person I got her off of said she had some horrible shedding incident. Either way, she is fat and healthy and has shed once or twice for me with no problem.
When I got her I was told she was 3 weeks but I am guessing that it was actually 3 months..which would make her about 4 months now. However, that is just a guess, because there is no way she was 3 weeks old..that would make her 4 weeks now, and my 7 week old is a good deal smaller than her.
 
Kate, I believe that she is female. I think the bluges are just fatty deposits. The gecko is still pretty young though and you should be able to tell for sure in the upcoming months. I'm glad she has made it into your caring hands. She is much better off.
 
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