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Nice RES, does he/she have a name?

I can't help you with sex, sorry

But if you want to know the sex of your turtle, check out the hole on the underside. A turtles defecates out of the same hole it's genetials reside in, so there will only be one. IIRC, a male's will be closer to the body than a female's. From the front claws though, I'd guess you've got a girl. Ever found eggs in your tank, or a big black thing hanging out of the back of your turtle?

-spike

nope no eggs i just have one turtle can they get eggs though i was trying to find out so i can breed them he/she is about a year old now but thanks for the comments

Looks like a female. Spike got it backwards, a male's cloaca is farther away from
the body than a female's. A male's tail looks bigger too. More definite sign is
the much longer nails at the front feet.

Your turtle looks like having pyramiding. The shell should be smooth, not bumpy.
Other than that, it looks healthy.

My suggestion is not to breed RES, unless you want to keep them all. RES is
overpopulated already. One year old RES is not mature enough to breed.

HOW WOULD I GO ABOUT FIXING THE PROBLEM FOR ALONG TIME THAT I HAD HER I DID NOT A UVB LIGHT BUT JUST A UV HEAT LAMP BUT NOW I HAVE BOTH CAN IT BE FIXED DO I NEED TO GIVE LIKE LETTUCE AND STUF F LIKE LAY OF THE PELLETS FOR AWHILE OR WHAT I REALLY LOVE MY TURTLE AND DO NOT WANT IT TO DIE OR NOTHING HAPPENING TO IT SO ANY ADVICE PLEASE HELP ME OUT THANKS ALOT

Correct the diet. Start offering more veggies, you can follow the guidelines here:
http://www.redearslider.com/plants.html

For pellets, give the amount equal to the size of the head without the neck once
every two days. If you want to feed daily, just half that amount. Offer veggies
and cuttlebone daily.

Basking under UVB is important for the turtle to process vitamin D. Getting the
top and bottom shell to dry several times daily is important to prevent fungus.
Hopefully after several sheds the shell will smooth out.

Correcting the diet is important for the turtle to avoid getting bone and health
problems later on.

Thanks alot what do i do just break the cuddlebone in peaces and through it in there for her to eat. I will get some veggies at the store and what kind of lettuce would be best to feed her? Romain is carrotts ok for it like the baby carrotts chopped how about grapes like seedless grapes can i give them whole or cut up i will stop with the pellets has much has possible and then what kind of feeders can i give right now i give her some mealworms every now and then thanks alot for your help

Yes, just break the cuttlebone to headsize chunks.

All your questions can be answered here:
http://www.redearslider.com/index_nutrition.html

Is your female RES basking under a good UVB light? Without sufficient Vit D in the diet (which is metabolized from UVB rays), calcium will not be utilized.

yes it is a good uvb light repti glo 5.0 tropical i think it is for turtles and tropical animals i did my research before i got one and they said that would be best it a coil bulb i am plaining on getting on uvb light strip also in the next couple of weeks i am cutting out pellets all together and just lettuce and cuddelbone and the meal worms is all she is getting the bulb works great i have done alot of reading about it thanks alot

Anyways, the short nails say your turtle is a female. Males have well, Freddy Kruger claws XD

Other ways to tell males and females apart:

1. Males have longer snouts and long, fat tails, female have short snouts and shout tails.
2. A male's plastron is curved inward, female have flat plastrons.
3. Males don't grow larger than 9 inches, female grow up to 12 inches.

THANKS ALOT EVERYONE

well...everyone had given their comments mine is also the same, it's a girl and having pyramiding.

Good luck with fixing the diet...I've been in the same situation with yours. My kame also has pyramiding before I find this forum

thanks alot everyone you have been so hopeful another how do i put my pics in the photo contest for the month i have some that are really good

and one more thing how do ya'll get your turtle so tame to take p ics with and everything thats crazy mine hisses and everything else at me i wish i could tame mine