Nice looking little buggers. The flashlight method sometimes doesn't work well with babies, I can't tell from those pics but I may very well be able to tell if you don't use the flashlight, just arch the tail + take a pic from behind with good lighting coming from behind you. And it's hard to see if any are leathers....can you take pics from the top, looking down at their back ? I raised leathers for years, so far none of those look like they are but a different angle + better pic might show their scalation better. Here's one of mine....take a pic like this, close up and I can tell you if yours are leathers. https://www.beardeddragon.org/media/29923/full
Thank you so much for the reply. After looking at your pic and showing my wife I don't think the 5 I picked out tonight were leathers but my wife was able to spot a few in the bunch.
When I get a chance later this week I'll take more photos to share.
Here is a pic of the dad who is a leatherback and I'll admit he doesn't have the smoothest back as I've seen in other leatherbacks but the breeder I bought him from said he was a leatherback, would you agree?
I might be letting him go to get a non-trans or a het trans leatherback male
AHBD":3auu5ut4 said:
Nice looking little buggers. The flashlight method sometimes doesn't work well with babies, I can't tell from those pics but I may very well be able to tell if you don't use the flashlight, just arch the tail + take a pic from behind with good lighting coming from behind you. And it's hard to see if any are leathers....can you take pics from the top, looking down at their back ? I raised leathers for years, so far none of those look like they are but a different angle + better pic might show their scalation better. Here's one of mine....take a pic like this, close up and I can tell you if yours are leathers. https://www.beardeddragon.org/media/29923/full
You're welcome. And yes, their dad is beautiful but it's a close call to say he's a leatherback. Some do have rougher scales.... it looks like he has smoother ones in the middle of his back and rough ones along his sides.
I took some more photos and hoping you can help sex them and let me know if any of these are leatherbacks:
(Really need help to tell if any are leatherbacks)
#1 - Female Trans Het Hypo
#2 - Male Trans Hypo
#3 - Male Trans Het Hypo
#4 - Male Trans Het Hypo
#5 - Male Trans Het Hypo
#6 - Male Trans Hypo
#7 - Female Trans Hypo
AHBD":3rbstu61 said:
You're welcome. And yes, their dad is beautiful but it's a close call to say he's a leatherback. Some do have rougher scales.... it looks like he has smoother ones in the middle of his back and rough ones along his sides.
Well you're doing a good job sexing them. I think you have them right, sometimes you can label them as " probable " if it looks like one gender but you're not sure.