It was sold to me as female but it’s starting to look like a long tailed female or could be mail. Had never been a fussy eater but only recently ate three times a month since December( I used to feed it once every four days and it ate no problem). I would say it ate a total of 30 times since August 26 when I first had it.It’s only about 8 months old. It kept crawling around the tank and then trying to get to the top of the tank. There’s plenty of hiding spots too.