Torts: Male or Female??

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teq1

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So I think these two Egyptians may be male and female. But I would like to be 100% sure. I have been told they are the pair, but not for sure yet. So....can anybody tell me what these torts are?

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I'm not good at sexing Egyptians, but they both look male to me.
 

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I agree, also no expert on egyptians, plus they still look young to know for sure, but they are looking like they are going to be males.
 

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Gotta agree w/ Yvonne and Jeff...looks very much like two males.

Top one definitely, need a better shot of the cloacal opening on the bottom one, but it certainly has a large tail.
 

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I agree they both look to be males. The first definitely is. The second one also appears to be based on the tail length but a straight on shot of the tail (similar to the first photo) would tell better.
 

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Two males huh. Ill try to take a new picture of the second one. He's crazy and runs around all the time so I'll see if he lets me haha. Thanks!
 

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I tried to take the best shot I could of the 2nd tortoises' tail, but he/she was being stubborn. These are the best I got. I hope it helps! The last pic may look a little weird. The tortoise was releasing some urates and I decided to pick him up and take a picture, all while hoping he wouldn't pee on me! His little tail has some aspen pieces and urates in there because I just picked him up by surprise.

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The second one is definately a male. :) Can you take more pictures of the first one like you did for the second one? How big is the first one?

Danny
 
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