Hello,
I was recently at a reptile expo and bought some Ts there. I have some questions about Ts, not necessarily pertaining to the ones I bought.
I have read some posts on the Internet about sexing Ts. Most say to open up the abdomen on a molt and check for this flab (known as a sperma-something). Okay. I get that. However, I am finding the part of opening up the abdomen to be impractical. It's usually a shriveled up nothing that is all twisted and knotted. I don't know how to open it up without ripping the thing into two (they tend to be rather fragile). I've tried soaking the molt into water, to try to enlarge the molt, but I am still not very good at opening the molt up. Any other methods for sexing Ts? I know about checking for tibial hooks on mature males, but what if they aren't mature? I don't want to have to pick up my T and flip it over, either. I'm afraid I might kill it by accident.
Secondly, do male Ts have a faster growth rate?
Next, what species is this T I bought:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5109960&l=e10a8b5759&id=510547503
And, finally, can you sex these Ts for me:
T. apophysis - http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4397632&l=d26259ce2a&id=510547503
T.blondi - http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5138573&l=16a857498d&id=510547503
X.immanis - http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5109879&l=d56b6a0184&id=510547503
Done for now
I was recently at a reptile expo and bought some Ts there. I have some questions about Ts, not necessarily pertaining to the ones I bought.
I have read some posts on the Internet about sexing Ts. Most say to open up the abdomen on a molt and check for this flab (known as a sperma-something). Okay. I get that. However, I am finding the part of opening up the abdomen to be impractical. It's usually a shriveled up nothing that is all twisted and knotted. I don't know how to open it up without ripping the thing into two (they tend to be rather fragile). I've tried soaking the molt into water, to try to enlarge the molt, but I am still not very good at opening the molt up. Any other methods for sexing Ts? I know about checking for tibial hooks on mature males, but what if they aren't mature? I don't want to have to pick up my T and flip it over, either. I'm afraid I might kill it by accident.
Secondly, do male Ts have a faster growth rate?
Next, what species is this T I bought:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5109960&l=e10a8b5759&id=510547503
And, finally, can you sex these Ts for me:
T. apophysis - http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4397632&l=d26259ce2a&id=510547503
T.blondi - http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5138573&l=16a857498d&id=510547503
X.immanis - http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5109879&l=d56b6a0184&id=510547503
Done for now