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hey guys,

okay so i have a pair of blue caymen hybrids , one male and one female , now the female laid 1 fertile egg last year, now i didnt have the pair when she did so dont know which is which , but they have been in the same cage there whole life so one has to be male , now heres my question, the one i thought to be a male cause he is allot bigger than the "female" and will chase her around and such, but this throws me off, he has made a burrow and theres a mound of sand in fornt of the burrow where he will add to it and just sit there all day long ? could this be the female and shes just chasing the male away from her burrow.???

Mike

they both will dig and a female will chase off a male,so its a tough call. I bet with photos of each you will get an answer from someone here.

Females are the ones that usually dig burrows around this time and through the Spring, Lay eggs, and then defend their nest. Female are especially aggressive against other females during the nesting period and sometimes beyond this period. If the one that is guarding the burrow/mound chases the other one when it approaches the burrow, then the one guarding is most likely to be a female that has laid or will be laying eggs, but these are just assumptions based on your description of the situation. Pictures would help better answer your concerns, Although nesting female will tend to be aggressive towards almost anything coming near their nest including a male Cyclura, you may have two females.

here the pics

the burrown starts wgere the yellow leaves are, yes the darker looking hole thing, now he/she is always laying on top of teh sand that is covering my Aloe plants.... and that burrow is really long its comprised out two tunnels both which are more than a yard long...i put arm down there one night when it got too cold to keep them outside , they werent in the cage!

this is the other one , she/ he lacks in size compared to the other one, she eats but just not as much as the other one ..

heres another pic when shes on the ground

all the behavior issue's just really started 1-2 weeks prior to the burrow beeing dug...

I would say that they are most likely both females. My males show much larger dorsal spines and much heavier armor on their heads. Coloration in my males is also much more contrasted compared to my females. When they are hanging on the wire you should be able to tell just by the femoral pores. Best wishes Douglas Beard / Flora & Fauna

that what i would say but they had a viable egg last year ...