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Can't figure out the sex of this 10 day old!

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2.9K views 7 replies 7 participants last post by  Fantasia Mousery  
#1 ·
I'm struggling with the sex of this little one. I don't see nipples on him/her, but his/her genital gap gives me the impression of female :? It's certainly not as far apart as his/her 2 brothers, but on his/her sisters I see obvious nipple marks. Any help? He/she's around 10 days old now and these were taken today:

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They're now 16 days old and of course hopping around like mad so it's harder to tell, but I'm sure I saw nipples this time around. I didn't expect nipples to be obvious on a mouse of this age but they certainly looked that way to me. That combined with the anal-genital gap still being very small makes me more certain that she is definitely a she. Having said that I'm still keeping an eye on her just in case.