He is a male and the reason he isn't so thick is because he went off feed for about 4 months he just started eating again thanks to a trick i learned from judd and by the way thanks for posting them judd you'll have to show me how soon. but thats the reason why he so slinder he'll fatten up soon i feed him every 7 days 1 f/t large rat. But thank you for your comments i will be recieveing my new female normal retic tomorrow morning from Bob Clark the crapy part is that i have to work from 7am-3pm and my wife will be waiting for her so she'll see her before i will! not like shes excited anyways lol shes more of a puppy girl!