Male/Female GBB???

[sym]

Hi guys/girls.
While my Gbb is in the ICU I thought I would have a go at sexing it.. Ive had a look and I'm unsure. What do you people think ?

Sorry about the quality my I phone camera is rubbish

Sym

 

[Poec54]

Whew. Not a lot for us to work with on that one. Hopefully you're not considering a career in a photo studio.

 

[Rick Stallard]

Colors great, but if it's out of focus on the phone it will be here to. Try a camera and then post a couple.

 

[sym]

Hi poec54. Not much better but it's the best I can do with my phone

Sym

 

[sym]

Underside shot

 

[Rick Stallard]

Better pics. In the first one, at the bottom where it starts to get hairy, spray the whole thing with water, get it pretty wet, and spread that area open and take a couple of pictures. We need to see just below the book lungs.

 

[Gavin van den Berg]

Hi Sym,

check out this thread:

http://www.tarantulaforum.com/threads/please-sex-my-c-cyaneopubescens.4431/

Hopefully it can help a bit with determining the sex of your GBB.

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

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Hi poec54. Not much better but it's the best I can do with my phone

Sym

Hello
When you do get a better camera,you will look back and laugh at this. Since a bad camera limits one,so do not stress too much it is tarantulaforum.com not fujifilm or Cannon. As for sexing,try to use a reference site or link(due to your camera) to sex yours yourself like maybe try gavins link.

This is just a quick link,there are many like these on the net.

http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/forums/spiders-inverts/791894-green-bottle-blue-sex-spermatheca.html

 

[tcrave]

to me looks like you have a male

 

[sym]

Hi Tcrave.. I was starting to think it was a male . I've looked at many GBB moults male and female and of diffrent sizes.. It was my first attempt at sexing a T ..

Thanks for stopping by
Sym

 

[tcrave]

if you dont mind me asking why is your Gbb in icu

 

[sym]

Hi tcrave..
My GBB moulted the other day and when I came to check on her/him it was in a death curl. So I placed him/her in a ICU . I checked this morning but I don't think the little thing is going to make it.. I've only had him/her just over a month and he/she ate about 2 weeks ago but I've never seen it drink.. I wasn't expecting it at all. He/she was sat right next to the water bowl too so maybe didn't have the energy to pull herself over the side of the bowl..

Thanks for stopping by
Sym

 

[tcrave]

hope it goes well.. some times its hard to get them back up to par.

 

[sym]

Hi tcrave..
I don't want this to put me off from keeping T's. I'm just abit sad I didn't see the signs of dehydration . If he/she does pass away I will replace him/her. I had a look in its moult for signs of gender and I think it's a male which isn't to bad but it's still a shame..

Thanks for stopping by
Sym