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Ok so I have always assumed that I have a male turtle and a female turtle. They are 10 years old and now I am not so sure lol! Someone laid an egg a few years back btw!

The turtle in question has never had a tail. I believe the male (?heck I dont know maybe female.. ahh!!!!) bit it off when they were tiny little babies (although I never saw any blood..). So the tail is just a stump. I need to measure them both again but I am guessing this one is about 8 inches. Very very short nails.

The other one is probably about 9 or 10 inches and has longer nails so I always assumed it was a male..but its bigger so I don't know . Now I am thinking the tail is just bigger..only in comparison!

If you need pics,I will take some tonight. I don't have their tails in the pics that I have but they are pretty good about having their pics taken

How long are its nails? Long nails means a male

The tailless one has extremely short nails. I will put a picture of her up tonight.


Here is a pic of the other one with longer nails.

Males will have long nails like freddy kruger nails, half an inch or more. Females will have shorter nails, i'm gonna say like 1/4 inch long. If that helps out any.

So do you think the turtle in this pic is a female? (No wonder she has an attitude ..I always call her "he" lol)

It's hard for me to tell in that picture, any way you could get a pic of her out of the water with maybe her nails on your finger or just a clear picture of her claw....i have a habit of calling all turtles she since mines a girl lol.

Sure I take some pics of them both tonight

The one I have been calling a female




The one I have been calling a male ..which I am starting to think I was wrong about for the past decade lol. Couldnt get a good pic of the nails or tail because this one is stressed out from a car ride. I just moved their tank from my old house.

grr my pics are getting cut off! I already resized them once!

Need to get pics of the front claws, unless thats the part the picture was cutting off.

They are short. They look just like the back ones. I guess that means I have a couple of females huh?

Looks like it, poor girl

A shot of the cloaca, the opening on the underside of the tail would be more helpful.

You have a female. I can see where the cloaca ends and tail slightly starts. If it was a male the cloaca would be much farther out there.

The bigger one is probably a girl too then. The one with the nub is much nicer and doesnt mind her picture taken! No true with the big one! I will try again tonight and see if ..she..is in a better mood! Thanks for confirming the little one!

OK I have some pics of the second turtle in question (with the tail). This is the best I could do! You can see her nails are short but her tail is long (well.. in comparison)