Girl Or Boy?

[MsBeBe_E]

Got a new Tort from Petsmart!! Looks like a girl, sales clerk said it's a girl. Is it a girl, boy, or "un-sexuable" What do you experts think???

 

[babushka8]

female

 

[LolaMyLove]

Looks female to me

 

[diamondbp]

girl 100%

 

[MsBeBe_E]

Thought so and was hoping so!! Yay! [RIBBON][TURTLE]

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

Why were you hoping that it's female ?

 

[MsBeBe_E]

Because I rarely see females torts in pet stores. And plus this tort is for my daughter as birthday gift and she wanted a girl tortoise (she wouldn't really know the difference). It's just what we wanted! Plus we saved a tort from petsmart!

 

[MsBeBe_E]

I measured my new tort today and she is right under 5 inches. Is it too early to tell if she is a girl or boy? I think I've read that the tort has to be atleast 5 or 6 inches to be sexed!

 

[biochemnerd808]

It looks like a girl to me, but at under 5" it may still be too early to tell for sure. She might sprout a longer tail... or she may continue to look female. Either way, if you are keeping a single tortoise, it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things.

I measured my new tort today and she is right under 5 inches. Is it too early to tell if she is a girl or boy? I think I've read that the tort has to be atleast 5 or 6 inches to be sexed!

 

[MsBeBe_E]

It looks like a girl to me, but at under 5" it may still be too early to tell for sure. She might sprout a longer tail... or she may continue to look female. Either way, if you are keeping a single tortoise, it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things.

I measured my new tort today and she is right under 5 inches. Is it too early to tell if she is a girl or boy? I think I've read that the tort has to be atleast 5 or 6 inches to be sexed!

Thanks for your insight!!!

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It looks like a girl to me, but at under 5" it may still be too early to tell for sure. She might sprout a longer tail... or she may continue to look female. Either way, if you are keeping a single tortoise, it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things.

I measured my new tort today and she is right under 5 inches. Is it too early to tell if she is a girl or boy? I think I've read that the tort has to be atleast 5 or 6 inches to be sexed!

I have one more question for you should be measuring her shell (top) or her plastron (belly)? I measured her shell.

 

[biochemnerd808]

You measure a tortoise by placing it onto a ruler, up against the wall. This is called the linear (straight) carapace length, often abbreviated SCL. I've attached a pic:

I measured my new tort today and she is right under 5 inches.

I have one more question for you should be measuring her shell (top) or her plastron (belly)? I measured her shell.

 

[MsBeBe_E]

You measure a tortoise by placing it onto a ruler, up against the wall. This is called the linear (straight) carapace length, often abbreviated SCL. I've attached a pic:

I measured my new tort today and she is right under 5 inches.

I have one more question for you should be measuring her shell (top) or her plastron (belly)? I measured her shell.

Well I've been doing it wrong! Thanks so much for all of your info!!!