General Care Discussion

Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 4:25 pm **how to determine gender**

sorry to start another post on determining gender. i didn't find other similar topics helpful.

okay, other than the from paw nail, what else should i look for when trying to determine the gender of my little thing. my turtle is about 4 inches now so i think i should know. and for another reason, i need to give it a name, but before i do that, i need to know if it's a male or female.

Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 4:34 pm **Re: how to determine gender**

kc wrote:sorry to start another post on determining gender. i didn't find other similar topics helpful.

okay, other than the from paw nail, what else should i look for when trying to determine the gender of my little thing. my turtle is about 4 inches now so i think i should know. and for another reason, i need to give it a name, but before i do that, i need to know if it's a male or female.

The tail is longer/thicker on the male than on a female. Post a picture of your turtle's back end & front claws.

Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 4:36 pm

i don't have a picture hosting site.

Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 4:47 pm

just go to www.photobucket.com and put your pics up there and post the links here. Free and easy.

Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 5:45 pm

okay here are the pics:

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q127 ... G_0075.jpg

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q127 ... G_0073.jpg

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q127 ... G_0071.jpg

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q127 ... G_0068.jpg

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q127 ... G_0067.jpg

here they are. let me know if any of you have any ideas.

Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 5:50 pm

If she is 4 inchs or more I have to say shes a female, and a beautiful one at that.

EDIT: Check out this post to see what a males nails and tail look like...
http://www.redearslider.com/forum/viewt ... 5628#45628

Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 6:59 pm

I agree with Jen.. definitely looks female to me. I know they say you can't tell until they are around 4" but my turtles tails seemed to display the sex characteristics long before then. What I "thought" they were when smaller turned out to be just what they were when they were 4".. and their nails never changed until they were over 4". Just my observations

Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 7:15 pm

my guess would be female too... the nails are too short to be male... my male's nails were longer then that at your turtles size

Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 12:30 pm

What's the shell length without the curve? If it's near 4 inches, you have a girl. (Nice shell from the pic.

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