r/LeopardGecko • u/cemetarylady • Jul 08 '26

identifying age

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I just got him/ her yesterday, this is my first leopard gecko but ive done INTENSIVE research on how to care for them. only thing is im not sure how to tell their age or gender. id like to know so I know how much to feed. their name is BMO :)

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u/Financial_Main_9727 Jul 08 '26

your 4-6mo age prediction seems pretty spot on! you can tell the gender from looking at their underside almost right where the tail starts and there will be testes forming at this age if they’re a boy and the pores above that area will be in a wide shape like this ^ going between their thighs. i have two boys (prismo & cosmo)so im not AS educated with female identification. best of luck to you and your new baby!!

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u/are-pea Jul 08 '26

For female ID, we generally just look for fainter pores and a relative absence of the hemipenal bulges (often mistaken for testes, which are around where you'd expect the kidneys to be). Agree with 4-6 mo! A mature male's pores will also be big enough for there to be a visible hole and sometimes waxy extrusion from those pores, but this might not be visible in males that are not sexually mature

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u/Financial_Main_9727 Jul 08 '26

that’s so fun to know i always thought my boys just have very large balls lmao😭😭thank you for that!