Been going through the archives...I used to post here waaaaay back in the day, but after some changes moved on to some other forums. Now I'm everywhere...plus I run my own forums...so yeah...

Anyway...trying to sex my tokays. All the pics in the archives are no longer viewable...so that's why I'm posting this. I bought them as a "pair"...but I'm not so sure. I'm gonna include some pics I took toward the end of ...if they're both females, I found out a local pet store has some in stock so I may go pick one up in the next few days. Sad thing is...I work in a pet store and I may be going to a competitor to purchase a new gecko. Gah.

I wrote this caresheet the other day and was also hoping to get some feedback from other tokay keepers...if there's any changes you'd like to recommend, please do so. Ingo, I know you prefer tokays to be in enclosures that are huge...but not everyone is capable of that one (though I'm going to be building a larger custom cage for mine soon). =P

www.blackshireserver.net/HerpFamily/docs/Tokay Gecko.html

Here's some pics I just took for sexing purposes...any information on everything in this post would be greatly appreciated.

Male - Pore view (I ran my finger across the pores and they didn't feel waxy...but rather, kinda rough? That the wax secretions I'm feeling?)


Male - Headshot


Female - Pore view (When I ran my finger across her pores, they were totally smooth...not rough like the other one?)


Female - Headshot


Oh yeah...never say tokays can't be tamed down...I'll agree it's rare, but I've yet to have a tokay that hasn't calmed down to tolerate handling. I definitely won't say they enjoy it...but I'm rarely tagged these days unless there's multiple people in the room making my tokays nervous. Although I gotta nifty scar on my finger from bout a week ago when my tokay got the end of my finger while I was handfeeding him a frozen-thawed pinkie...and BOY did that hurt/bleed.


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