Gender

[JadeJade]

Can anyone tell the gender of my redfoot tortoise, he's 7inches long now, thank you

 

[Lyn W]

My guess would be female but it depends how old s/he is. It may be too soon to tell for sure.

 

[JadeJade]

My guess would be female but it depends how old s/he is. It may be too soon to tell for sure.

Hes 1 month of being 7yo, I've called him he since 'He' was 6 months old lol

 

[Lyn W]

A vet told me my tort was female, but Lola soon showed me she was actually a he by flashing his penis at every opportunity! Not a pretty sight!!!
I don't keep RF so I could be completely wrong but @ZEROPILOT may be tell you from the shape of the the tail and anal scutes.
Maybe a closer picture of her tail would help him

 

[wellington]

Female, she has a small tail and rounded tail/anal scutes.
At 7 years a Male should have some concaving of the plastron/bottom shell. This one doesn't appear to have any.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Looks female.
But I've been fooled before.

 

[JadeJade]

Female, she has a small tail and rounded tail/anal scutes.
At 7 years a Male should have some concaving of the plastron/bottom shell. This one doesn't appear to have any.

They have very slight concaving on either side but its very slight, I'm happy regardless of gender just wanted to know

 

[Lyn W]

They have very slight concaving on either side but its very slight, I'm happy regardless of gender just wanted to know

I think with males the shell is concaved centrally rather than the sides to help him with mounting the female for breeding.
Does s/he have a unisex name?

 

[wellington]

They have very slight concaving on either side but its very slight, I'm happy regardless of gender just wanted to know

The bottom shell would be concaved not the sides. A full grown adult Male concaved shell looks like they had a bowl shaped into their shell it's so concaved