Sex my 1 year Sulcata?

[MorlaTheAncientOne]

Hey everyone! This is Morla, my beautiful 1 year old sulcata tortoise. I was wondering if y'all could help me determine what sex it is? Thank you!

 

[Russian Tortilla]

Look at Morla’s tail. Short or perhaps a bit nubby may mean a female, if longer tail you can probably assume male. Also look at the notch. Females have a U shape notch, males have more of a V shaped notched. Morla looks super adorable!!

 

[drew54]

It's also still pretty early to determine sex. you still got about 4-6 years to go.

 

[drew54]

He is beautiful though. Keep posting pictures!

 

[Kristy1970]

Beautiful! So I have Daisy, supposedly temp incubated, we agreed Daisy will turn to Duke if necessary [emoji849]

 

[MorlaTheAncientOne]

It's also still pretty early to determine sex. you still got about 4-6 years to go.

yea i was thinking that too! Thank you!

 

[MorlaTheAncientOne]

Look at Morla’s tail. Short or perhaps a bit nubby may mean a female, if longer tail you can probably assume male. Also look at the notch. Females have a U shape notch, males have more of a V shaped notched. Morla looks super adorable!!

Oh thank you! That helps! Yes he/she is a cutie!

 

[DavidB]

One of the tell-tale physical features I've read is their plastron. If it's concave, it's likely a male. That definition didn't really start to show on my Sulcata until he was over a year old.

And of course then there was the day when he flashed his genitalia (looked like something out of Aliens) and I knew for sure he was a boy.