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I recently aquired two gilas, both a little on the heavy side, around 3 years old, sex unknown but everyone has their own opinions. Now i've read that when two of the same sex are put together there will be signs of aggression. My questions are will you see aggression only in breeding season or year round and what will it consist of? I'm haveing trouble finding a place that will ultrasound so I decided to put them together to see what would happen, there was a lot of tongue flicking and when they got close they basically had their faces together with their tongues flicking like crazy. Nlo aggresion was observed and the one suspectum appeared to follow the other while the other would take off fast at times. If anyone who has observed introductions of gilas together and could share their observations it would be much appreciated.

Sorry, no one answered you sooner. I imagine most of the big regulars on the forum are staring incessently at their incubators; I know the anxiety is driving me nuts.I don't have nearly the amount of experience that others here may have, but when I have paired animals together the males do tend to tongue flick and pursue the females around. Males that were placed with other males almost always seem to result in a more immediate defensive display involving a lot of puffing and posturing. I would advise you to pick up Beck's book on Heloderms. It has fantastic illustrations that demonstrate how ritualized these male-male "combat" sequences can get. It is a thorough scientific study, but if your not up on your zoology, there is still a wealth of fascinating information that is accessible to the average herpetocultralist. As far as visual clues to the sex of your animals, post a top down view with the animals side by side and I'll give you my best guess, I mean estimate...

Best of luck

Brian