Photo Gallery :: Gender

[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

[steve]

Looks female to me, especially in the 2nd pic. Can you get a pic of the front claws?

[missibsu]

Those are two different turtles...I'll take some claw pics tomorrow and get them posted.

[steve]

I'm tempted to think the first is male, the second female.

[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!

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[marisa]

The nails in the last pic look like those of my RES, only his are even longer.

[cam722]

Yep, I stick by my original guess .. one male, one female