sasha1949
Fish Egg
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Location : Ontario, Canada
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Registration date : 2011-07-09
 | | Subject: Sexing babies. Thu Sep 15, 2011 1:40 am | |
| Is there any way to determine the sex of BN's at 4 mths. and 6 mths. of age? :bounce: :bounce: | |
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kfenk
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Registration date : 2009-11-09
| | Subject: Re: Sexing babies. Thu Sep 15, 2011 3:03 am | |
| I have been told to gently rub the nose. If it's soft male, if hard female. I can't confirm this as iv never tried it. Other than that no iv never heard of any other way. | |
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Doug
Bristlenose King
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| | Subject: Re: Sexing babies. Thu Sep 15, 2011 3:18 am | |
| body shape is the best way to go. But it is very hard to do. at 6 months i am right about 70% time so it is still very hit and miss (remember that right 70% of the time is only a 20% improvement over a pure guess). if you are looking to sex them then look from above and look at the body shape. there is a guide to sexing in my book including body shape images  | |
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Yvette
Juvenile Bristlenose
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Location : Carlton in Lindrick, Worksop
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Registration date : 2009-04-04
| | Subject: Re: Sexing babies. Sun Sep 18, 2011 5:02 pm | |
| I agree with Doug's method, probably the most accurate but not 100% | |
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