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Ok, I have dumb questions, but I need to know if my turtle is a girl or a boy.I've had him for more then 2 years, and I still dont know his gender. The lady we bought him from said it was a boy, but I got a turtle book, and it shows the tails of a girl, and a tail of a boy and that thats how you determine its gender. But I think it's tail looiks more like a girl's, but my mom thinks its a boy. So how can I figure out if it is a girl or boy? Its tail is short-ish, and stubby, so what does that mean?
We need to know what type of turtle it is. All males have longer, thicker tails than the female. However, we need to know what kind of turtle and how long the shell is. Juvenile turtles all look like females - and each kind of turtle matures at a different size, so if it's still a juvenile (even if 2 years old it may be a juvenile), you can't say for sure. With some species of aquatic turtles - sliders, painteds, cooters, some map species - the male has long front nails, too. Male aquatic turtles WILL NOT have a concave bottom shell (plastron). Male box turtles and tortoises do have concave plastrons, as do many semi-aquatic turtles such as wood and mud turtles, but some female box turtles will have a slightly concave plastron. Male North American box turtles usually have red eyes and females usually have brown eyes.
Didn't say what kind/breed of turtle. The common Box turtle is easily indenified by the color of their eyes, males have a very red iris as where females have a yellow/golden colored iris. 99.9% sure of this as I have successfuly breed them and the hatchings from their eggs lived to be released back to nature after 8 weeks or so protected until large enough to have a better chance of survial, it seems every thing will eat them when babies, just smaller than quarter.
uhm look at its face I heard that guys have a reddish color kind of strips and girls have a lighter or none!!
but then again I ainght no vet lol!
hi, I have a terrapin turtle and I would like to know if it is a girl or a boy please help me out cesalie
um take it to the vet and him/her will tell u!!
