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I have four red footed torts. Big Red who is 13 inches who has recently started the mating thang?? However...I was told by the vet she was a female & she is mimicking the male part. I find her on top of other torts a lot!!!! I have yet to see a penis & she makes very loud clucking sounds & noises. She bothers my other three tortoise like there is no tomorrow. She does the bobbing of the head thing constantly too. She's miserable! I talked to a guy at a pet store who has like 15 red foots & he went on saying that I need to separate my tortoise & I have a male for sure when it's doing the head bobbing. Big red is not concave on the bottom (plastron) she's pretty flat. And that the other thing the guy said at the pet store that in captivity they don't always concave. Big red is not aggressive with my almost 11", 8", & the 5 inch she nipped at a few times but that was a while ago. I will put pics for your thoughts of boy or girl.
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