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Alex
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« on: January 14, 2008, 01:44:33 pm »
been trying to find out on the net for a friend but can't find what i'm looking for...

How do you tell if the joey is female or male?
(Male joeys don't have the scent gland do they?)

Help!  Smiley
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« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2008, 01:55:05 pm »
How old is the joey?  Scent glands don't appear until they're around 6 months OOP.  Males have visible testicles, we call them pom poms because they look like pom poms!  At three to for months old they can be quite well hidden by the fur on the belly.  Females have a split (which is the pouch) on the belly. Smiley
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« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2008, 02:00:55 pm »
My friend has told me they're 12 weeks old, they don't have 'pom poms' yet.. no visible anything really?
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« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2008, 02:03:38 pm »
Testicles are there as soon as they come out of pouch, well, the scrotum is and it is visible.  The testes have dropped by about 70 days OOP.
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« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2008, 02:20:58 pm »
If there are no visible pompoms, then they are female and will have a pouch...  Surely this is pretty basic knowledge for somebody who's breeding, though...  Huh
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« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2008, 02:24:56 pm »
You would have thought so  Huh

Just posted this but cant see it now, anyway here is a link   http://www.petsugargliders.com/sggrowth.php    if u go 3/4's of the way down just above where it says 6 weeks oop there are some pics.  There is another site with much better pics but cant find it.
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« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2008, 06:57:02 pm »
Most breeders place their joeys at 8-10 weeks. By that time (and even earlier), the sex of the joey is very clear. That is unless the joey is the victim of much inbreeding and then occasionally a hermaphrodite glider results w/very undefined sexual organs. Hopefully this is not the case here.
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« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2008, 04:38:00 am »
But you can tell the sex of a glider VERY easily the day he/she comes oop...  Undecided
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« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2008, 04:34:34 pm »
Thanks everyone.
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« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2008, 08:35:03 pm »
Quote from: Amalthea on January 15, 2008, 04:38:00 am
But you can tell the sex of a glider VERY easily the day he/she comes oop...  Undecided

Yep.
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