Ok... please take a look at these pictures and tell me what you think... because I'm absolutely flabbergasted right now. LOL
This is Cujo, a 2.5 year old leo...
Would you say that that leo is a male, or a female? I bought him as a male at around 6 months old... I see hemipenal bulges, and a row of V shapes pores...
Now take a look at what I found in Cujo's tank today when I went to clean his tank:
He is completely alone in his tank -- Previously he was housed with 2 females, hoping that they would breed -- they didn't, so I started calling him my "gay boy", and separated him so I could put another male in with those girls (who immediately got down to business). He's been on his own for around a month now... only now it looks like my he is probably a she. LOL
Geez... no wonder he didn't breed with the girls. OIE! Just as a further test after taking those pictures to ask your guys' opinion, I decided to have a supervised visit between my confirmed male and Cujo -- if they were both males, I figured that there'd be some fireworks (I was ready to separate them immediately if something happened of course). Nothing. Other than some interest on Ciaran's part in mating... LOL.
So, unless someone has an explanation as to how a male leo can lay eggs and not fight with another male, I'd say that my boy is a girl... LOL
I'm a bit in shock right now -- after almost 2.5 years of
Cujo being a boy, it's going to take some adjustment to get used to him being a her.... I'm not crazy though, right? It *does* look like he's a boy when you look at his underside, right?
I'm off to recover from the shock and finish cleaning cages... LOL
I'd love to hear what you guys have to say though... I've had baby girls turn out to be boys, but never adult boys turn out to be girls!
Here's a pic of the "boys" together in the tub...
Jen
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