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Hello every one i have been told my Russian is a female but i have noticed a kind of nail on the tale witch only males have right??
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post a picture....
Definitely post a pic, but just curious, who told you it was male?
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Can't get a clear pic its to small. And emysemys told me it was female
I'd trust her instincts, she's usually right, however thats not to say that the tortoise hasn't grown more and male charactoristics haven't become more obvious since. We really need pics to be able to tell.
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I can't see any pics, but I'd trust emysemys.
One of my females (and she is definitely a female) has a little 'claw' at the end of her stubby tail. When figuring out what sex your tortoise is, it's more about the shape of the tail (fat and short on a female, long on a male) and the shape of the vent/cloaca (looks like an asterisk (*) close to the body in a female, looks like a slit at the tip of the tail in a male).
Here's a good set of pictures: http://www.russiantortoise.net/male_female.htm
One of my females (and she is definitely a female) has a little 'claw' at the end of her stubby tail. When figuring out what sex your tortoise is, it's more about the shape of the tail (fat and short on a female, long on a male) and the shape of the vent/cloaca (looks like an asterisk (*) close to the body in a female, looks like a slit at the tip of the tail in a male).
Here's a good set of pictures: http://www.russiantortoise.net/male_female.htm
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