could my He be a She?(Extra Photos)

belladonnamini · Sep 4, 2015

When I adopted my bearded dragon Puck i was told that it was a He. Recently however, it has come in to question if my He might be a She and She might be getting ready to lay Her first clutch. Puck started doing some behaviors that were very out of place for him and after research and talking to a lot of people they said the behavior sounds like my baby boy might actually be my baby girl. This is my first dragon and I really cant tell one way or the other. I'm not sure if these pictures will be good enough for anyone to tell. If they aren't i will try to get some better ones but Puck really wasn't being very cooperative when i tried to take these.

Thanks in advance for any help
---Puck's Mom

GizmosGrammie · Sep 5, 2015

I think it's a male beardie. You can really see the femoral pores, & you can just make out two elongated bumps in the tail. However, another close up of the tail might help, the one you posted is a bit hard to tell.

AHBD · Sep 5, 2015

I agree that a few more pics , with the tail arched back further , may be much more helpful.

belladonnamini · Sep 7, 2015

Thank You i added extra photos hope these are better

AHBD · Sep 7, 2015

Well Puck is a female....even females have femoral pores [ those little dots under the inside thigh ] but they are much smaller than a males. But there are no hemipene bulges so it's definitely a female.

Dragon4Me · May 9, 2016

Belladonnamini, My beardie is 3 1/2 and we've thought she was a male because she hadn't laid eggs yet - even the breeder couldn't tell for sure (femoral pores not obvious) and said we'd have to have the vet sex him/her. Well in February she stopped eating her normal amount and was extra active - she laid her first clutch - about 24 eggs...so I started reading and waited for the next probable clutch..sure enough a month later, here came #2. I came home yesterday and found she had started clutch #3 - as of this morning we're up to 15. She seems to have become more accustomed to the process because this time she was not acting differently and still eating. She didn't look heavy like she did before the first clutch. It's nervewracking!

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