Sexing 5 1/2 week old degu pup

[Wolfbane]

So I have three females right now, Gryphon, Kodiak and Gremlin. Kodiak and Gryphon are over a year old I want to say a year and about 4 months. Gremlin I got a couple months ago so she's around 2/3 months old and today I just went into the shop and bought a 5 1/2 week old degu pup who I named Cujo. Sexing wise i'm usually pretty spot on but this time it's irritating me because i'm not 100% sure.

When I just look normally there is no gap/maybe a smidge of one but not nearly as far as it should be for a male, but if I pull the tail up and away then there is a larger gap between the anus and cone. I took some pictures but Cujo wouldn't stay still so they aren't the best quality but I tried :/

Pictures with the tail held high:




With the tail left as is and just flipping over:

[Wolfbane]

I took some more.

[saddlers]

I can see why you are unsure, I could convince myself either way with those photos...can you get a closer pic....I know easier said than done

[moletteuk]

I think I'd vote female for most of the pics, but there is the odd pic, like the fourth one, that looks like boy. Sorry that's not too helpful

[ntg]

I've got to say I'm not sure either, you seem to have gotten yourself a mystery...

[Wolfbane]

So nobody at the petstore could decide what gender it was and I couldn't tell either (and I like to think of myself as a pretty intermediate degu owner after a year XD) so then they got me to check all their degu pups and everybody was a sure male / female except for the pup I picked out first. So instead of taking the risk since I have 3 females I opted to switching out for a for-sure female pup. Cujo #2 :'D I'll be working with introductions soon but for now I have the cages by each other and they are chirping to one another. ^^

[moletteuk]

Lol! Hi Cujo#2!