General Care Discussion :: distinguishing male/female

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Post Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:04 pm   distinguishing male/female

need some help here...i have 2 RES and one has extremely long nails and the other barely has any is there any distinguishing characteristics like that between male and female
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Post Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:19 pm   

The males have long front claws and longer/thicker tails than the females. These characteristics generally aren't noticable until the turtle is 4in or more.
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Post Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:22 pm   

well i got then aroun march of this year they are maybe 10 months old and prolly about 2-2 1/2 inches long but my one RES has really long nails and the other one has little stubs
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Post Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:48 pm   

some develop early. Do you have any pics?
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Post Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 6:06 pm   

thats possible..i dont have any pictures i try to take them but they look bad and cant see anything and its hard to get a still picture of their nails
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