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I went to my first reptile show last Sunday! It was the most amazing thing ever!!! Although there weren't many crested gecko vendors I did end up buying one though. I was looking for a girl but I'm afraid that isn't what I've come home with! The first time I looked at her I thought she was a girl - but the more I look and the more days go by it seems that It is surely a boy!! Take a look at my pictures and tell me what you think - there is one picture that really looks like a male but I think that might be the angle of my camera. If it is a female should she be completely flat? (This may seem like a really dumb question but I've only ever had males)Thanks for your help! Sorry the pictures are so blurry!

Females can have a little bump in that area, males are very very obviously males LOL Depending on the geckos age though, it may still turn out to be a male. If over 6 months and over 25g it most likey a deffinite female but even then I would wait till the gecko is over 9 months. I have had geckos that I was sure were female turn out male.

Over a year ago I bought 4 juveniles and after having them for 5-6 months I was sure all will be female, then after I bought an adult male, one of my females decided she wanted to be male and out he bloomed. Basically a late bloomer...but having two males and three females, it was fine, gives me unrelated stock to work with as one male and one female could be related.
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PHLdyPayne

I forgot to mention in my last post but... the moment that I introduced winifred to our male, the male started trying to mate with her - it was almost instantanious (and if you think he was just being aggressive, he wasn't. I'm pretty sure I know what mating looks like when I see it. lol) Is there a possibility that our male could have mistaken her for a female if she wasn't one?

Deffinitely not a good ideal to let your female be mated if she was under a year old and under 30g....if she did get pregnant from that one mating, it can stress her body alot, and risk a calcium crash.

However, that warning aside, males will only attempt to mount another gecko for two reasons/ A show of dominance (they may do this with males and females) or to mate with a female. Males and females can tell eachother apart by a combination of clues. Scent (hormonal), color, body size/shape etc depending on the species. Since there is very little physical distinquishment in crested geckos (I think males are a bit larger,or is it the females? Can't remember), other than hemepenial bulges and enlarged femoral pores (or more femoral pores on male), they go by scent more than anything (hormonal, secretions from the male/female femoral pores, body language etc.)

Other lizards, such as chameleons have great visual/size distinctions, from the color the female displays to show she is ready to mate and changing when she is gravid and thus not willing to mate, to other color changes.
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PHLdyPayne

well they definantly did not mate - I made sure of that - I know she is way too young. I guess I'll just have to wait and see what happens I really hope she's a female!!!! Thanks for all of your help!