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I am thinking I have a female on my hands but wanted to hear the thoughts from the master minded of those on here. Here is the picture. Thanks to all who take a peek and a guess.
 
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I think its a male because :tort: doesn't have a short stubby tail
 

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I'm going to disagree here. The horny pin on a Hermann's tail doesn't make it male.

It's quite small for sexing, but at the moment it looks female to me.
 

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sorry, Jeffbenson I'm not sure what you mean scl? please educate me... thanks!

would it be more helpful if I posted more pictures?
 

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Vishnu2 said:
sorry, Jeffbenson I'm not sure what you mean scl? please educate me... thanks!

Sorry, SCL means straight carapace length, the overall length of your tortoises shell. I thought from your picture that your tortoise looked a little on the smaller side, which is why I guessed it was an immature male.


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I'm going to disagree here. The horny pin on a Hermann's tail doesn't make it male.

It's quite small for sexing, but at the moment it looks female to me.

Who said anything about Hermann's? It looks like a Russian to me...
 

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Who said anything about Hermann's? It looks like a Russian to me...
I am going to have stop looking at these threads on an iPod touch and only answer on my PC when the picture is bigger :redface:
 

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jeffbens0n said:
Vishnu2 said:
sorry, Jeffbenson I'm not sure what you mean scl? please educate me... thanks!

Sorry, SCL means straight carapace length, the overall length of your tortoises shell. I thought from your picture that your tortoise looked a little on the smaller side, which is why I guessed it was an immature male.


JoesMum said:
I'm going to disagree here. The horny pin on a Hermann's tail doesn't make it male.

It's quite small for sexing, but at the moment it looks female to me.

Who said anything about Hermann's? It looks like a Russian to me...




It is a male Russian tortoise.
 
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