Any suggestions on gender?

Ramirezm2

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3 1/2 years old and weighs over 2kg. Based from research I believe it’s a female and have not seen any signs of being a male. Any suggestions would be great!
 

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3 1/2 years old and weighs over 2kg. Based from research I believe it’s a female and have not seen any signs of being a male. Any suggestions would be great!
Congrats, you have a gorgeous tort no matter it's sex. It's either a female or a male, but based on looking at many a tail here, i'm agreeing it looks like a female.
 

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Supposedly Radiated need to be at least 12" SCL to be able to reliably sex visually. How big is this tortoise? It may be too small yet.
 

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Supposedly Radiated need to be at least 12" SCL to be able to reliably sex visually. How big is this tortoise? It may be too small yet.
Mine is approx 8”. You think that would be too small to determine the sex?
 

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I'm fairly certain it's a female. Males tend to make themselves more noticable in the tail region even at that age.
 

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All tortoises look female when young. I'm thinking this one isn't big enough yet to sex.
 
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