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Spring Warm Up

KevinM Mar 19, 2009 10:31 PM

Hooray for Spring!!! My two and half year old Mali is finally waking up from its winter doldrums. I think daylight savings time definitely ramped it up. Its definitely out much more, and feeding heartily once again. Darn thing drives me crazy with the way it goes off feed/feeds sporadically during the winter, even with the heat sources still on and the temps monitored. Thank goodness it doesn't appear to lose much weight!!!!

As I stated above, its a bit over two years old now and is not displaying much coloration. Its only about 10 inches long now too. Does this appear to be an indicator its female??

Thanks

Replies (2)

el_toro Mar 20, 2009 12:15 PM

It might be, but one of my male malis appeared female (by coloring) for more than four years before FINALLY starting to darken. He is fairly small, too.
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Torey
Eugene, Oregon, USA
1.1 Saharan Uros (Joe and Arthur)
3.0 Mali Uros (Spike, Turtle, and Tank)
1.1 Ornate Uros (Scuttlebutt and Shazzbot)
1.1 Collared Lizard (Ripcord and Rorschach)
2.0 Green Anoles (Bowser and Sprocket)
1.1 Chubby Housecats (Roscolux and Jenny)

KevinM Mar 22, 2009 07:44 PM

Thanks for the info Torey. Its feet are showing very bright yellow showings when heated up, but it has pretty conspicuous femoral pores. I wasnt sure how long it took Malis to become sexually mature.

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