Calling all experts

[Maggie3fan]

Please carefully sex this tortoise for me...it's very important we get it right...

 

[NorCal tortoise guy]

Female

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Since it "has to be done right"
I won't guess

 

[Tim Carlisle]

Female. I'd like to donate my prize to zero pilot.

 

[wellington]

I would have to agree, female.
Going by tail area.
Is there any plastron concaving?
How old is her estimated age if she/you ever got one?
That being said. The leopard I rescued years ago, was sexed by many on here as a female, myself included. She was way under size for the age she was supposed to be. Once she got rehabbed, she grew and caught up with the positive male I already had of same age, past him in size and turned out to be a male.

 

[Yvonne G]

You know how occasionally a human is born with mixed up gender organs, or identities? Mary/Knobby definitely has female anal scutes, but her gular is male. However, I'm goin' with Norcal tortoise guy's assessment - female

 

[Maggie3fan]

Whew! Mary needs to be a female only for her new home...guess I could have washed her...she's spent a winter pooping inside...poor tort...
the definitive answer is female, no Barb, no concave plastron...
She was rescued by some guy who found her living on the street in downtown Portland Oregon with the political gang...antifa...being fed whatever they ate, hamburgers and pizza...she ate pizza! She is pyramided and there is just no way to judge her age...being pyramided I figure she is small for whatever age she is...I thought 10 years...why? I don't know....

 

[SinLA]

Looking forward to hearing about her new life. I hope we get to keep hearing about her antics

 

[Maggie3fan]

Looking forward to hearing about her new life. I hope we get to keep hearing about her antics

well, me too...only I have found out that not everyone makes a pet out of a giant species....not everyone writes about how fun and funny they are...Unfortunately, Mary is going to a keeper who has many Sulcata and Mary will be part of a creep of Sulcata and that keeper won't treat Mary like a pet...she will be a tortoise among other tortoises. The unfortunate part is he won't write Mary stories...too busy with many torts
You all remember Houdini, the RF I had...because I couldn't make a closed chamber at that time, Houdini went to a popular Forum keeper...she loves him and he's happy, but she doesn't write about him like I did. Most people are not writers or story tellers. I believe I am a frustrated writer, remember my Bob stories? So much fun to write... and Mary was fun to write about also

 

[Alex and the Redfoot]

Mary has a strong personality. Who knows, maybe she'll stand out of the crowd and make him to write some posts. Something in the "Bob, the Jerk" style..

 

[SinLA]

so long as Mary is well cared for and gets a good life, that is what is important. Maybe being part of a creep will be good for her,