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fuzzhc
12-09-13, 01:11 PM
Hey! Been a while since I posted here, got a new phone and had forgotten my password…again lol.

Anyways. I seen my sav evert tonight for the first time and looks like he's a male! Thank god cause I'm always paranoid about egg laying, even if they are properly supported lol.

He everted maybe 5 or 6 times over the space of 10minutes. Would there be any possible reason for this? Or is it just one of those things lol

murrindindi
12-09-13, 01:18 PM
Hi, were they "full eversions", and how big is the monitor?

fuzzhc
12-09-13, 01:24 PM
Yeah I'd say maybe 2inches or so? Last I checked he was somewhere between 2.5-3feet a few months ago. He's a little over a year old

smy_749
12-09-13, 06:35 PM
fuzz, he doesn't mean how long (I don't think). Full eversions on males look like a sea anemone or something. Females can evert as well, males look like this :

http://www.dragonsindahouse.com/in_da_house/pics/7c.jpg

fuzzhc
12-09-13, 08:00 PM
Yeah I know, was just saying cause I know males are longer than females lol. Just curious as to maybe why he done it so many times lol found it rather strange

murrindindi
12-10-13, 10:56 AM
Yeah I'd say maybe 2inches or so? Last I checked he was somewhere between 2.5-3feet a few months ago. He's a little over a year old

Hi again, I think at that size he`s almost certainly sexually mature, everting the hemipenes several times on occasions is perfectly normal.
Have you any plans now you know gender of trying to find a female and seeing if they want to "start a family"? If yes, it might be best to look for one out of the juvenile stage (maybe 9 to 12 months old and known to have been properly cared for), then after quarantine and acclimation in a separate enclosure introduce them for short periods (strictly supervised, of course).

fuzzhc
12-10-13, 11:05 AM
Hi again, I think at that size he`s almost certainly sexually mature, everting the hemipenes several times on occasions is perfectly normal.
Have you any plans now you know gender of trying to find a female and seeing if they want to "start a family"? If yes, it might be best to look for one out of the juvenile stage (maybe 9 to 12 months old and known to have been properly cared for), then after quarantine and acclimation in a separate enclosure introduce them for short periods (strictly supervised, of course).

Good to know mate!

Nah if only I could get another to try breed them I would in a heart beat. But sadly I'm living with my parents unti. Such times as I can afford a house of my own and they just won't agree to a bigger enclosure in the house :( once I can get my own place however I would very much like to get a female! :yes:

murrindindi
12-10-13, 11:15 AM
Good to know mate!

Nah if only I could get another to try breed them I would in a heart beat. But sadly I'm living with my parents unti. Such times as I can afford a house of my own and they just won't agree to a bigger enclosure in the house :( once I can get my own place however I would very much like to get a female! :yes:

Instead of you having to find somewhere else to live, why not suggest to your parents they move, it will make things so much easier for you and the monitor/s.... :yes:

fuzzhc
12-10-13, 11:27 AM
That seems like the most reasonable solution in all honesty. Thanks again mate I'll get working on it ASAP :D