Is my “alleged” female actually a female? I know bigger females can have a bulge like this, but would like extra opinions. She’s 70g
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Well……. I’m no expert but that “girl” of yours looks like “she” has some “boys”! She looks like my boy Fievel down there……
Edit to add: Love “her” colors btw! 
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I do see pores, but I don’t know exactly how sex presents in gargoyles, but if it’s anything like cresties, that’s a good sign that “she” may be a he…
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I paired her with a similarly colored male. But I got nervous and questioned what a few people have told me. I paired her with my male and there hasn’t been any fighting. My confirmed male is trying to mate.
hmmm, it could be a female? I’m not sure though, but if she’s pretty large, and not fighting him, I’d keep an eye on them, and see if they breed
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She’s about 20g heavier than him. She seemed pretty receptive to him earlier today. I haven’t seen any fighting. Just the male following her around probing with his tongue. He attempted a mount earlier, but she ran. Would a smaller male attempt that with another male?
edit I also have cresties, so I’m no stranger to breeding behavior
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She ‘she’ laid duds? Until ‘she’ does I wouldn’t pair. How old?
There’s pores and a bulge there so imo until you see eggs I wouldn’t risk.
Some females can have pores and a slight bulge but those pores are very prominent…
Also some males display breeding characteristics to males to dominate.
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