Male or Female??

[budhuger]

I need some help with my tort, she or he is 21 inches top just the carapace measuring front to back, and is 3 1/2 years old. need some opinions here are the pics....

 

[guille24]

Male or Feamale??

Sorry I don't know anything about sulcatas but holly cow!! That's a huge tortoise !!!

 

[EricIvins]

RE: Male or Feamale??

Female...

 

[thereptileenthusiast]

That's a big girl for 3-1/2 years. Did you raise her?

 

[ICUSleeping]

its a girl

 

[budhuger]

That's a big girl for 3-1/2 years. Did you raise her?

Yes she is with me since about 3 to 4 months after hatch......she is pretty big always hungry and very territorial.

 

[mike taylor]

What has she been eating.

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[Lilyloveslettuse]

It looks kind of like a male.... but don't trust me.

 

[LaLa (karla)]

wow my new girl is defiantly way under weight whats your secret

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[diamondbp]

100% female

 

[Lancecham]

Yep...100% female

 

[budhuger]

What has she been eating.

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She eat lots of hay, grass and mazuri.

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wow my new girl is defiantly way under weight whats your secret

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I put some mazuri pellets random on top of hay and she pass the hole day looking for the pellets eating the hay....

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Thanks to every one .....always though female but she so big and territorial that make me doubt ...

 

[SANDRA_MEISSNEST]

Nice girl

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[sulcatasweety]

Since I'm new to this , may I ask how you can tell the difference?I know it's too early to tell in my baby ( who is 4") but I'd like to know for future reference

 

[Tom]

Since I'm new to this , may I ask how you can tell the difference?I know it's too early to tell in my baby ( who is 4") but I'd like to know for future reference

Tail size, anal scute shape, gular scute size and shape, plastron concavity or flatness. To a lesser degree, head size and behavior can sometimes be an indicator, but exceptions abound with these last two.

Also maturing males frequently have erections. This is a dead give away...

Boy was that a fun conversation for my mother on the way home from the vets, when I was 7 years old and my box turtle had "Pooped its guts out."

 

[samsmom]

...Boy was that a fun conversation for my mother on the way home from the vets, when I was 7 years old and my box turtle had "Pooped its guts out."

too funny tom!!!
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[sulcatasweety]

Rofl @ Tom ! Being a mom of 6 that even made me blush : )

 

[AnnV]

Hahahaaa!
I needed a good laugh today!!!

Ann from CT

 

[ShellyTurtlesCats]

Re: RE: Male or Female??

Since I'm new to this , may I ask how you can tell the difference?I know it's too early to tell in my baby ( who is 4") but I'd like to know for future reference

Tail size, anal scute shape, gular scute size and shape, plastron concavity or flatness. To a lesser degree, head size and behavior can sometimes be an indicator, but exceptions abound with these last two.

Also maturing males frequently have erections. This is a dead give away...

Boy was that a fun conversation for my mother on the way home from the vets, when I was 7 years old and my box turtle had "Pooped its guts out."

Hilarious.

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[IRTehDuckie]

I need some help with my tort, she or he is 21 inches top just the carapace measuring front to back, and is 3 1/2 years old. need some opinions here are the pics....

holy crap thats a big girl for 3 years, but i know what your going with, mine is about half that size at two years, so ill have a big one just like you! haha i always thought mine was just a giant one or something, some birth defect haha but nope, there are other huge ones out there! wow she is so beautiful =]