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Posted: **Sun Oct 14, 2007 9:43 pm**

Zebra #1 About 3" (US) and I'm thinking female...

Posted: **Sun Oct 14, 2007 9:45 pm**

Zebra #2 About 2.5" - Maybe a (young male)?

Posted: **Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:07 pm**

Yes I agree the second one looks like a young male. Do you have a profile picture of the first one?

Posted: **Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:22 pm**

I edited my original post and added 2 more photos. I don't like disturbing the zebras, so I took the opportunity to take a photo of them when I give the bigger zebra a bigger cave.

Posted: **Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:25 pm**

so the fish in post nr 1 stays in a cave?

Posted: **Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:35 pm**

Yes, Zebra #1 stays in the cave. I remembered reading an article on here somewhere that the female tries to seduce the male into here cave by curling inside it. Well, that's what it does all the time. The original cave was actually just a trial I made before and was small. Since it is has grown allot, practically adult size, I figured it was time to move it into a bigger cave.

The zebra in pic #2 also stays in the cave, but not in there all the time, as it always peeks it's head out. This is a pic of it's typical "checking me out" position...

Posted: **Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:26 pm**

So is Zebra #1 a female or just a fat male?

Posted: **Mon Oct 15, 2007 6:07 pm**

I think #1 is a matured female. I also have a female staying inside of cave ocassionally.

Posted: **Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:42 pm**

I think zeb no 1 is a lovely looking female, just like mine before i knew for definate she was a female until she laid!

I have 3 definate females that live in caves & come out to feed during the day, where as my males i never see any further than their porch.

Good luck

Posted: **Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:34 am**

I added a closeup headshot to see if it will help. I will try to take more photos of Zebra #1, so it can be a confirmed female.

Posted: **Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:39 pm**

Looks female to me

Posted: **Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:33 am**

congratulation you got female

Posted: **Wed Oct 17, 2007 5:18 am**

Cool. My 1st zeb bought was fortunate to be a female, the 2nd zeb a male. Too bad there's probably no chance of them breeding. My only hopes are the new juveniles a bought a few weeks ago will fill in as the dominant male.

Posted: **Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:34 pm**

hi

first female, second male

Posted: **Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:36 pm**

Thanks

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Finally! Old enough to sex :)

Finally! Old enough to sex :)