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Identity crisis?

chaoscat Nov 03, 2003 03:52 PM

I'm trying to find out if this little girl that I have is a childrens' or a normal spotted. (She was traded to me as a spotted.) I'm leaning towards childrens' as she is much lighter than my male spotted AND has a different head shape.

Here's the one with the identity crisis:

Here is my male spotted:

My male is slightly larger-would that make much of a difference in coloration?

If she is a Childrens, then I need to find a male childrens!

thanks,
Cat
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Replies (2)

Yasser Nov 03, 2003 04:05 PM

I'd say it is a childrens.
Lateral striping on the anterior third is indicative of a Childrens in comparsion to a Spotted which does not have this disctinctive striping usually.
-Yasser
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chaoscat Nov 03, 2003 04:27 PM

>>I'd say it is a childrens.
>>Lateral striping on the anterior third is indicative of a Childrens in comparsion to a Spotted which does not have this disctinctive striping usually.
>>-Yasser
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That is what I figured - thanks for the help I also did a head scale comparison, and they are both different.

Not that I mind having a Childrens' - Now I just need a male.

-cat
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