Male or female?

jb7940

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I have a tortoise that I thought was a male. However, I introduced another male, Diesel, to it, and Diesel humped it and it didn’t try to get away. It just wiggled its butt and stayed there. It’s shell is not concave, and it has lots of female features. It flashed me, but I have heard that they can flash you and then lay eggs later on. I just need to figure out what I have. 41CF795A-936D-45B8-BBE2-07687CDF18A0.jpeg41CF795A-936D-45B8-BBE2-07687CDF18A0.jpegECDABBF9-6202-4433-B381-DA3D2DBAB071.jpegFCF6716D-A8B9-4F92-A521-886628B96F58.jpeg7847F1E6-9A44-402B-8F5F-896B57D73337.jpeg6D5B0E57-971B-4BF0-861C-C23E4285AF35.png
 

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I have a tortoise that I thought was a male. However, I introduced another male, Diesel, to it, and Diesel humped it and it didn’t try to get away. It just wiggled its butt and stayed there. It’s shell is not concave, and it has lots of female features. It flashed me, but I have heard that they can flash you and then lay eggs later on. I just need to figure out what I have. View attachment 310685View attachment 310685View attachment 310686View attachment 310687View attachment 310688View attachment 310689
It's a boy.
 

zovick

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I have a tortoise that I thought was a male. However, I introduced another male, Diesel, to it, and Diesel humped it and it didn’t try to get away. It just wiggled its butt and stayed there. It’s shell is not concave, and it has lots of female features. It flashed me, but I have heard that they can flash you and then lay eggs later on. I just need to figure out what I have. View attachment 310685View attachment 310685View attachment 310686View attachment 310687View attachment 310688View attachment 310689
Are all the photos the same tortoise? It is hard for me to be sure when scrolling up and down, so figured I would just ask if they are all pix of the same tortoise or not.

The tortoise in that last photo is NOT going to lay any eggs. It is a definite male as Toddrickfl1 said.
 

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I think this is a male that has been living with an aggressive dominant male and because of this his male characteristics have not developed.
 

jb7940

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Are all the photos the same tortoise? It is hard for me to be sure when scrolling up and down, so figured I would just ask if they are all pix of the same tortoise or not.

The tortoise in that last photo is NOT going to lay any eggs. It is a definite male as Toddrickfl1 said.
Yes the same tortoise
 

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