Agree with pacific chelonians. Absolutely and definitively female.
Females can have a slight concavity to the plastron but nowhere as pronounced as the male.
And pacific chelonians is right. Male has a dramatic and easily recognizable tail to accommodate their
elongated equipment.
Also the shot...
I assure you she is far from 'miserable' and her future is bright. Box turtles are hardy little animals and will readily shake off much worse maladies than any she manifests. And your goodwill and concern assures me that she landed in the right hands. Best to you and your son and new girl.
A rock will be useless on those nails. They need grooming. Good luck at the vet.
Male Eastern box turtles usually have red eyes, females usually brown. She's a definite female.
The skin will show improvement with routine hydration measures.
Terrapene carolina triunguis, the Three-toed box turtle, as you can see by the Latin name, is just one kind of Eastern box turtle, Terrapene carolina carolina. Each of the two can have either three or four toes on the hind foot. That characteristic shouldn't be strictly relied on for...
It's post #4 from this morning. She's been dehydrated over a long period and would benefit from frequent water baths and provision of succulent veggies in her diet. She also needs to get off the soft foods but once the beak has been neglected so long, it needs to be gradually reduced until she...
Bright eyes indicate Eastern box turtles health and survival capabilities under even marginal captive conditions.
Grossly overgrown beak and nails need attention. Distended beak will impede access to improved dietary items.
Splayed nails will impair mobility and lead to leg deformity, Nails and...
It is a typical classic northern redfooted tortoise Chelonoidis carbonarius without question. Many of the other forms of redfoot have the spur. The head color and plastral markings are definitive.