Sexing Spider Geckos

alan · 04-21-05, 05:53 AM

How do you do it? Any ideas?
I tried looking through the web and got nothing. Any help will be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

clint545 · 04-21-05, 01:30 PM

Have you tried spidergecko.com?

alan · 04-22-05, 04:44 AM

Oh geeze..how can i not think of that?
Thanks for the info!

spidergecko · 04-22-05, 04:37 PM

If you can't figure it out from SG.com, post a pic and I'll see if I can figure it out for you. (Just tell me how old or how big it is.)

alan · 04-22-05, 05:06 PM

Thanks Mike, I didn't know sexing Spider Gecko is similar to sexing cresties, only that the bulge is smaller, so you have to look more carefully.
I think I have a pair, but I couldn't locate any eggs, they have been housed together for long and I think they are around 1.5 yrs old already. Are the eggs hard to locate? Thanks!

spidergecko · 04-22-05, 05:18 PM

At 1.5 years sexing should be very easy. The male hemipenal bulge is very obvious.

Eggs are buried about 1-2 inches deep. They are sticky at the ends so they are aren't camouflaged. They are fairly bright white. Just be careful because the female will usually pick the same spot to lay everytime and she could kick up her older eggs if you don't remove them. they are also very thin shelled so use caution when looking for them. The best way to find to them is to just watch for the female to start digging. She does that from 1 day to 2 weeks prior to laying so you just need to watch for the filled in pit she makes.

spidergecko · 04-22-05, 05:41 PM

How's this for coincidence. I followed my own advice and just found an egg, lol!

alan · 04-22-05, 08:41 PM

LOL...congrat!

Thanks for the info Mike, I saw the sand piled up before but checked and haven't found anything. May be I should look more closely. Thanks again!