General Care Discussion :: Male/female

[Autumnlily44]

I have 2 RES. They seem to be noticeably male and female. The female seems to be the agressor, is that normal?

Thanks,
Mel

[missibsu]

Depends on the turtle really. It also depends on what gender you have together.

How big are your turtles? If they are over 4 inches from head to tail, without the tail, then you will be able to tell male from female. Males will have longer front claws and longer thicker tails.

[Autumnlily44]

I am pretty sure that I have one male and one female. I am going by claw size, which is noticeably different between the two. One of my turtles came from the pet shop with only half a tail, so I can't really go off of that. The one I think is the female is a bit larger than the other (when I got them they were the same size). I watch them eat, and that seems to be something they don't fight over. I am wondering if the female is generally the agressor, or if that is just unique of my turtles. I am also curious if what I am seeing as agression (nipping at the other ones toes mostly) could be more of a "flirting" between the them. I only think that, because they don't fight over food. If it was a territory thing, I would assume they would

thanks,
mel

[bri456789]

hi yes about that its beacuse there flirting or mating and they like eachother if not then they would be fighting about fodd or just mad at eachother