Male or Female monitor!

[seanjbkorbett]

hey guys recently been told maybe my lacey is a she not a he after all! its fearless curiouse personality had led me to believe it was a male,if any experianced lace monitor breeders,keepers could please tell me its sex by the shape of its head.he was born in June-July Last year,so still young
cheers
seano

 

[sweetangel]

i didnt think u could tell by the shape of its head, only xray.....

 

[seanjbkorbett]

i didnt think u could tell by the shape of its head, only xray.....

nah yeah at about a year i think u can tell by looking at the shape of a lace monitors head!,im hoping crocdoc will come online and tell me.

 

[Bushfire]

Give Danny Brown's method of sexing monitors ago

 

[serpenttongue]

its fearless, curious personality had led me to believe it was a male.

I have a couple of females that were bold and inquisitive when they were babies, and some males that were nervous and defensive as youngsters.

 

[seanjbkorbett]

I have a couple of females that were bold and inquisitive when they were babies, and some males that were nervous and defensive as youngsters.

hey mate!are u able to tell me by looking at the photos.?

cheers

 

[serpenttongue]

hey mate!are u able to tell me by looking at the photos.?

cheers

No, sorry mate. I wish i could! This is definately one for crocdoc.

 

[seanjbkorbett]

No, sorry mate. I wish i could! This is definately one for crocdoc.

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thats okay mate! cheers tho

 

[Southern_Forest_Drag]

I think your he is a she
Female?

 

[crocdoc]

It does look female from those photos (they're not the best), but as it's only a year old it may still start developing male secondary sexual characteristics. They all look like females when they're young. Some start looking male from a small size/age, others take more time.

X-rays only works on mature adults, by which time they're clearly male or female just by looking at them.

I've normally found males to be bolder from a much younger age and have picked out a number of males that way (which I later found out were, in fact, males from the people that bought them), but it's always possible to get an unusually bold female, too, as Nick has pointed out.

Give it a bit more time, you never know. Could still go either way. If it were an adult and had that head shape, though, I'd say female.

 

[seanjbkorbett]

okays kool!
thanks mate!