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My understanding is that probing is pretty accurate though not 100% (is this due to "user error", or some other factor, I dunno).

I also want a female so I planned on getting a sexable one from Rodney Irwin. However I'm a bit torn because I also might want one with more "blue" traits. So I'm also considering a blue cross from Hector's habitat. I'm not anywhere close to ready for one but I'm already considering how I'll go about it, and I'm wondering if with some extra monetary incentive, if some of the more reputable breeders would be willing to hold back one or two high probability female tegus until such a time as they are truly and definitively sexable. Or some such situation where you pay extra for the guarantee. I would like to know if anyone thinks this is a dumb idea or at all doable. I feel like paying a little extra is better than rehoming if you end up with the gender that you really didn't want. Though truthfully, I would probably just end up keeping what I got, since it would just be a pet and not for breeding.

<blockquote data-quote="Squam8" data-source="post: 168697" data-attributes="member: 9727">My understanding is that probing is pretty accurate though not 100% (is this due to &quot;user error&quot;, or some other factor, I dunno).I also want a female so I planned on getting a sexable one from Rodney Irwin. However I'm a bit torn because I also might want one with more &quot;blue&quot; traits. So I'm also considering a blue cross from Hector's habitat. I'm not anywhere close to ready for one but I'm already considering how I'll go about it, and I'm wondering if with some extra monetary incentive, if some of the more reputable breeders would be willing to hold back one or two high probability female tegus until such a time as they are truly and definitively sexable. Or some such situation where you pay extra for the guarantee. I would like to know if anyone thinks this is a dumb idea or at all doable. I feel like paying a little extra is better than rehoming if you end up with the gender that you really didn't want. Though truthfully, I would probably just end up keeping what I got, since it would just be a pet and not for breeding.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Squam8, post: 168697, member: 9727"] My understanding is that probing is pretty accurate though not 100% (is this due to "user error", or some other factor, I dunno). I also want a female so I planned on getting a sexable one from Rodney Irwin. However I'm a bit torn because I also might want one with more "blue" traits. So I'm also considering a blue cross from Hector's habitat. I'm not anywhere close to ready for one but I'm already considering how I'll go about it, and I'm wondering if with some extra monetary incentive, if some of the more reputable breeders would be willing to hold back one or two high probability female tegus until such a time as they are truly and definitively sexable. Or some such situation where you pay extra for the guarantee. I would like to know if anyone thinks this is a dumb idea or at all doable. I feel like paying a little extra is better than rehoming if you end up with the gender that you really didn't want. Though truthfully, I would probably just end up keeping what I got, since it would just be a pet and not for breeding. [/QUOTE]

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