Sex anyone?

Maggie3fan

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I am being pestered for cloaca photos...so they are and no one has been able to pull out this tail...
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Houdini has a slightly concave plastron
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and no waistline that I can tell...
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so...there's 2 choices you have...male or female...anyone?
 

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My guess would be Male also.
My rescued male leopard took a long time to get his concave plastron. Everything else looked Male, once he started to mature. Looked female for a long time, longer then my male I raised.
 

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Well..at least you don't have to change his name?
 

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No, thanks.

Lol!!! Just joking off the title of this thread?
 

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@maggie3fan Often if you hold the tortoise with its head up and tail down it will show more of its tail with more weight going to that rear area. I do that when I photo my tortoises for progressive tail shots to compare later when I finally know the sex. Always looking for things that may have shown up early that turns out to be unique for one sex at an earlier age!
 

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@maggie3fan Often if you hold the tortoise with its head up and tail down it will show more of its tail with more weight going to that rear area. I do that when I photo my tortoises for progressive tail shots to compare later when I finally know the sex. Always looking for things that may have shown up early that turns out to be unique for one sex at an earlier age!
Just a while ago I saw him on his back, he was not struggling at all and his tail was out...fat and short. Male...
 
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