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Gender
Posted:
Sun Mar 26, 2006 11:50 pmby missibsu
I was just curious if someone can help me tell the gender of my turts. I have looked at several of the photos here and I just don't seem to have the knack that others have when it comes to this.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/missibsu/album?.dir=/5562
Posted:
Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:26 amby steve
Looks female to me, especially in the 2nd pic. Can you get a pic of the front claws?
Posted:
Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:27 amby missibsu
Those are two different turtles...I'll take some claw pics tomorrow and get them posted.
Posted:
Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:39 amby steve
I'm tempted to think the first is male, the second female.
Posted:
Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:42 amby missibsu
Ok, thanks! I'll post some claw pics tomorrow, as I mentioned before. Neither one seems to have exceptionally long claws though. We'll see. Thanks again!
Posted:
Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:51 amby cam722
I agree with steve, first one is male, second female. My male is nearly 2 yrs old and 4".. and his claws didn't start to lengthen until about 6 months ago, but his tail was definitely male for quite some time before that.
Posted:
Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:45 amby missibsu
That's just so reassuring, lol. Knowing this information would I be better to seperate them? I was planning on trying to keep them together, however, I don't want babies, and I don't want to be tempted to keep a batch of eggs at some later point to see. I'm not a very strong person.
Posted:
Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:32 pmby marisa
The second one looks female, but I'd like to see the claws of the first one. About how old do you think they are (what are the SCLs)? A female wouldn't even be ready to lay eggs until around 5 years of age/ 6-7 inches.
Posted:
Mon Mar 27, 2006 7:01 pmby missibsu
Both turts are right at about 4 inches...straight length and they will be a year old in May. I realize that she isn't going to be laying eggs right away, I don't even have a nesting area, I was just thinking ahead...and thinking of my budget, lol. Here's the link again, I added pictures of the claws.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/missibsu/ ... 62&.src=ph
The first two claw photos are of the suspected female and the last one of the male. His claws are actually longer than they appear because they look like shadows. I guess Pheobe is a Peter.
Posted:
Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:48 pmby marisa
The nails in the last pic look like those of my RES, only his are even longer.
Posted:
Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:07 amby cam722
Yep, I stick by my original guess .. one male, one female
