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mr9iron
11/09/2014, 10:20 PM
I am looking at this horse and I think it's a H. erectus, and a female. Can anyone confirm this for me?

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i228/mr9iron205/20141109_220331.jpg (http://s73.photobucket.com/user/mr9iron205/media/20141109_220331.jpg.html)

redhorse
11/10/2014, 08:57 AM
Hi there:
You would need to take a picture of the whole body. It seems the most important part is hidden behind the coral.
The best type of pictures to determine sex of pony would be a front shot and side shot when they are still juvies.

mr9iron
11/10/2014, 03:02 PM
Here are a few new pictures.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i228/mr9iron205/110%20Sale/20141110_145740.jpg (http://s73.photobucket.com/user/mr9iron205/media/110%20Sale/20141110_145740.jpg.html)

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i228/mr9iron205/110%20Sale/20141110_145719.jpg (http://s73.photobucket.com/user/mr9iron205/media/110%20Sale/20141110_145719.jpg.html)

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i228/mr9iron205/110%20Sale/20141110_145713.jpg (http://s73.photobucket.com/user/mr9iron205/media/110%20Sale/20141110_145713.jpg.html)

vlangel
11/10/2014, 03:12 PM
She is a female.

mr9iron
11/10/2014, 03:15 PM
Thank you, and she is an H. erectus, right?

Mo2
11/10/2014, 07:56 PM
Looks more like Kuda to me

redhorse
11/10/2014, 08:00 PM
I am thinking it is a male and will soon develop full pouch in a month or two. :-)
It could be H. Erectus since some look different. Where did you get and what name was it under?
Some are labeled Lined seahorse, Black Seahorse, and a few other names. I would be concerned about the whitish color on the tail spikes. Unless it is flash reflection.

vlangel
11/10/2014, 09:01 PM
Redhorse knows more than me so I would rely more on their opinion than mine.

redhorse
11/10/2014, 11:38 PM
Looks can be deserving-- I have had seahorse that seemed to be female for over a year and drop a pouch. :crazy1: I am just looking at how the belly has a small slope and not a round one.
Here is a pic of a young females from a few years ago.
I think yours and this one would be close in age.

Reefer140
11/12/2014, 11:00 AM
Looks female to me, but like redhorse said it may drop a pouch at a later point.

I do not think it is a erectus.. Maybe thinking a kuda as well

FinzAquatics
11/12/2014, 11:08 AM
I am also on the fence about it being a erectus...

mr9iron
11/12/2014, 11:12 PM
I am thinking it is a male and will soon develop full pouch in a month or two. :-)
It could be H. Erectus since some look different. Where did you get and what name was it under?
Some are labeled Lined seahorse, Black Seahorse, and a few other names. I would be concerned about the whitish color on the tail spikes. Unless it is flash reflection.

I got it from a LFS and I was told it "may be a kudos", but he wasn't for sure. The whitish color on the tail spikes is where it was caught in a MP10. It was a very scary mistake that I made by forgetting to put the screen on the vortech. I was horrified when I saw her stuck in it.

I have been nursing her back to health, her tail looks completely healed today, and she is eating very well. She enjoys PE frozen mysis shrimp and eats 3 or 4 each meal. I got her for a very reasonable price as she was the last one in the tank and I have to drive so far. There is something to be said for doing business with a particular owner for almost 20 years.

That being said, my youngest son and I are absolutely enamored with the horses. I cannot wait to get a definitive Id and find her some companions. Would it be best to find her a male, then get another male/female pair as well?

mr9iron
11/12/2014, 11:13 PM
Looks can be deserving-- I have had seahorse that seemed to be female for over a year and drop a pouch. :crazy1: I am just looking at how the belly has a small slope and not a round one.
Here is a pic of a young females from a few years ago.
I think yours and this one would be close in age.

Beautiful horse!