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My pair of juvi geckos (around 8 months i think) were sold to me as a M/F pair. The one sold as a male, has a obvious bulge both above and below the vent, with clear anal pores. The one sold to me as female however, has fainter anal pores, but only a bulge above the vent with none below the vent, as i thought was typical of a male. Also, during the time they were housed together (they are seperated now), they showed no sign of aggression or tail wagging towards each other. unfortunately im unable to post a pic at this moment, but, what do you guys think?

drey

a pic really would help. All of my males have two bulges below the vent. A slight bulge above I think is normal (but not sure what you mean w/o a pic) sounds like you have a m/f pair after all. Some females do have a v line, and they do have pores, they are just MUCH smaller
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From my understanding the males will have two bulges with an indentaion between them. Females will have one bulge with no indentations. SOunds like you got a male female pair after all
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true / false? and that the pores were a better sign of determining sex than bulges.

only males have Visible pores. Females have pores that are really not visible, but the scale pattern V can sometimes be seen and confuse newbies. And yes, they are a much better determminant than bulges, but you have to wait for a certain age/size
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1.0 Hypo from Crested (Apricot)
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0.1 SHCT Leopard Gecko (Brite)
0.1 Tangy Mutt Leopard Gecko (Rainbow)
0.0.2 Corn Snakes (MIA)