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Okay, so please don't laugh, as this is totally new to me...and I might be posting in the wrong section, but I didn't know where else to put this.
I was recently visiting a friend who adopted a redfoot, and is going to adopt a hatchling from the same people I adopted mine from. They told me that all the hatchlings were males. I was confused, as I thought they had to be much older to determine sex.
They said (I don't know scientific terms, and I don't breed...mine are all hatchlings) that the incubation temps determine sex, and the owners of the parents said all the hatchlings were males because of the temps outside right now (we live in the Caribbean, so their torts are all housed outside, and lay in their habitat).
I guess I would like to understand this more...but dumbed down a little.
Also, will I have problems with 5 males when they're older?
I was recently visiting a friend who adopted a redfoot, and is going to adopt a hatchling from the same people I adopted mine from. They told me that all the hatchlings were males. I was confused, as I thought they had to be much older to determine sex.
They said (I don't know scientific terms, and I don't breed...mine are all hatchlings) that the incubation temps determine sex, and the owners of the parents said all the hatchlings were males because of the temps outside right now (we live in the Caribbean, so their torts are all housed outside, and lay in their habitat).
I guess I would like to understand this more...but dumbed down a little.
Also, will I have problems with 5 males when they're older?