Opinions on my baby Panther?

[TheSmokeyChameleon]

Hey community

This is Cypress. You may have seen him scattered around some posts here and there or in this month's photo contest

He's a 4 month old (roughly) blue bar Ambilobe Panther.
The question I suppose is have you seen a blue bar baby with so much orange and color variation? He is pretty different compared to his siblings, and we're wondering if he could possibly be a red bar?

I would love to see pictures of yours, please feel free to compare!






Whatcha think?

 

[RobSquared]

Regardless if he is blue bar or red he is a handsome young cham. I asked myself the same question when all three of my panthers were babies and yeah they look that way. I have 2 red bar and one blue bar and when I compare the photos of when they were young the looked almost identical. Well in the coloring department.

 

[Remkon]

He's kinda orange so he will be cheering for the Netherlands on the Olympics! Good cham!

 

[carol5208]

I think he looks great! Hard to say exactly how he will turn out. If you know the breeder well and to be reputable, you will most likely get what you were sold. My panther Peewee is a total freak of nature compared to all his siblings which are blue! He hardly has any blue left on him now after 2 yrs !

 

[guanagator]

Still a bit early to tell, the blues on mine usually get obvious undertones by around 5-6 months and are more vivid with each shed by 8-9 months reds start to pop.

 

[TheSmokeyChameleon]

There is now the question of whether or not he is actually male? I took these just this morning

 

[RobSquared]

Yep. Male.

 

[TheSmokeyChameleon]

Yep. Male.

How can you be sure?

 

[TheSmokeyChameleon]

 

[Zen Reptiles]

The colour on this guy does make it difficult, but I would say male. At the base of the tail you can see the kind of 'empty ball sac' where his hemipenes will develop. A female would not taper the same way right at the cloaca, and have a deeper indent instead.

 

[TheSmokeyChameleon]

The colour on this guy does make it difficult, but I would say male. At the base of the tail you can see the kind of 'empty ball sac' where his hemipenes will develop. A female would not taper the same way right at the cloaca, and have a deeper indent instead.

Okay thanks so much for that info! I'm feeling a bit more confident now that he is in fact a HE

 

[RobSquared]

Sorry for the late response but yes as stated the little bump right behind the legs around the base if the tale. Females do not have that.