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Baby Bearded Dragon Sexing Question
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In Relation To:
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I know this is probably the 50th question I've asked about baby beardies, but in case you didn't see the previous ones, I breed snakes, I have 2 bearded dragons that are younger, but not babies. A friend didn't want some eggs, so he gave them to me. This is my first experience raising baby beardies and I'm going to be taking them to an expo in Oct. Whenever I've looked at baby beardies at expos they tell me what sex they are just by looking at them. I was always told that wasn't accurate until they were an adult, is there something I don't know?
How best can I sex these babies?
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Assisted Answer
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9/13/2011 12:29:40 PM
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La Price
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have then flat on something, and gently lift the tail, holding by the tip. just after the vent, 2 bumps male, 1 or no bumps female :)
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Member Comment
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9/13/2011 12:31:33 PM
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La Price
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its hard when there itty bitty babies, but around 7-10 inches its usually pretty obvious whos a boy and whos a girl :)
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Accepted Answer
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9/13/2011 2:34:05 PM
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aSnakeLovinBabe
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It's never a 100% sure thing, but I can say that after trying it for myself that the little males are prety apparently males. You have to gently lift the tail up and kinda view it straight on, to get an idea of the profile of the underside of the base of the tail, just after the vent. In a supposed male, there will be two slight bumps on either side with a slight indentation between them. In a female, it will look mostly flat under there. Again, this is not 100% accurate, but if you know what to look for you can be fairly certain.
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Assisted Answer
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9/21/2011 6:52:20 PM
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Tiger Onzuka
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I had several experts sex our babies for us this year. I find it amazing that they can be done so quick and effectively. An experienced breeder can look at the head and guestimate fairly accurate.
I am not there yet. LOL
For me they need to be a little bigger to be 100% sure. The points that aSnakeLovinBabe made are definitely accurate. It can be easier when you hold them upside down and gentley push with your thumb or rotate the base of the tail ever so slightly to reveal the boys.
Not sure if you are doing the Richmond Expo in October? But, we should be there if you want me to take a look at your dragons.
Cheers!
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Author Comment
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9/22/2011 11:00:57 PM
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Tiki108
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Thank you everyone, you all really helped! I think I got them all sexed now and we're ready for the expo on Oct 1st.
Tiger Onzuka, I doubt I'll be going down to Richmond, I hope to sell the babies in Havre de grace, but I really appreciate the offer, will you be selling in Richmond? I want to go to Baltimore on Oct 8th, but I don't know if I will, I think my boyfriend would kill me if I brought home one more creature without making a profit, lol.
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