ColaCarbonaria
Well-Known Member
Ok @Anyfoot you asked if I was 100% on the sex of the erosa and I am but the redfoots I’m not so sure. Anymore. These guys are 6ish yrs old and between 9.5-11.5 inches long, all cooked to be girls and are related so I want to identify the sexes so I can figure out what to do with the colony going forward. The reason why I’m asking is I’ve heard and seen #’s 5&6 clucking while mounting, now I’ve seen them mount each other but really just thought it was domination/pecking order stuff but since they’ve been inside for cold snap I’ve heard the vocalization. I thought only males “clucked” but was told females can as well, so I’m not sure. And I’ve been told redfoot males are all John Holmes of the tortoise world and I don’t have any huge discrepancy in tale size so that’s why I’m confused. So I’ll attach pics of everybody’s undercarriage with correlating number and you guys can chime in on what you think, pics are from sept.