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Second Dragon

Breeze007 Jan 15, 2006 06:42 AM

Hi All

Now that I have decided to get another Water Dragon, I was wondering if it was a good idea to wait to find out the gender for the one I have now? 'He' is 10 inches from snout to tail {after sadly losing some of his tail a few months back} and he is roughly 9-12 months old. I know you always have a lot of questions asked pertaining to methods of sexing WD's at an early age, but I think it is a 'He' because I read somewhere that females don't puff out their necks, and 'He' has done this a few times since he has lived with us. The base of his tail is definately more triangular in shape from the base {I don't know whether this is normal for a dragon of his age/size}and at times I can see a little bit of orange/red forming on his neck. Maybe I am just being too desperate to know the sex, but I really would like him to have a friend at this age. I do know that if I end up with 2 males it will need 2 huge arboreal cages in the future, and if I get a male/female they could breed {which is not a problem}. Any advice/suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

Thank You :-}

Replies (2)

Breeze007 Jan 15, 2006 07:32 AM

Here are a few pics of the femoral pores. If it helps, can anyone identify the sex of my baby? :-}

clouddancer22 Jan 16, 2006 04:40 AM

Hmmm,I'd pick girl. But, still to early to tell for sure.

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