So I've googled and googled a lot of things pertaining to this and can't find any solid answer... (although the most helpful info has come from this forum, thank you!)
My new and first beardie Jupiter (I'm going with male for now, still keeping the name if not) is approximately 3-4 months old, maybe even 5. Obviously he's still young, so looking for a trace of hemipenes on the outside isn't a reliable way of telling, and there's no trace of those right now. I have tried the flashlight method over and over now, giving it a good stare. It compares directly to the male silhouette of hemipenes, not the images of females I've seen. I see a lot of people saying a beardie is just too young to tell even with this method, but does that mean the shape can change completely later? Because the shape I'm seeing isn't very ambiguous-looking, it very unmistakably looks like the silhouette of hemipenes, although small scale. I'd take a picture if I had more than two hands to help...
Maybe I am just being a bit too impatient, but it's still an answer I'd be interested in hearing about, and maybe it can help others!
Note: He is missing one of his front limbs, so I do wonder if that's a factor that can hinder his growth and development at all. If this sounds like an important factor I'll tell the story behind it, but it's something that's never seemed to cause him stress.
My new and first beardie Jupiter (I'm going with male for now, still keeping the name if not) is approximately 3-4 months old, maybe even 5. Obviously he's still young, so looking for a trace of hemipenes on the outside isn't a reliable way of telling, and there's no trace of those right now. I have tried the flashlight method over and over now, giving it a good stare. It compares directly to the male silhouette of hemipenes, not the images of females I've seen. I see a lot of people saying a beardie is just too young to tell even with this method, but does that mean the shape can change completely later? Because the shape I'm seeing isn't very ambiguous-looking, it very unmistakably looks like the silhouette of hemipenes, although small scale. I'd take a picture if I had more than two hands to help...
Maybe I am just being a bit too impatient, but it's still an answer I'd be interested in hearing about, and maybe it can help others!
Note: He is missing one of his front limbs, so I do wonder if that's a factor that can hinder his growth and development at all. If this sounds like an important factor I'll tell the story behind it, but it's something that's never seemed to cause him stress.
