Recently, I purchased two wonderful baby turtles, however I am unable to see which one is male or female? help

Answer 1

You cannot determine the sex of hatchlings. This will be a general instruction on sexing. However, not all turtle species can be sexed this way.

Sliders, Painteds, Maps and Cooters can all be sexed usually after they have reached 5 inches. Hatchlings cannot be sexed accurately. To sex a yearling, you can look at the tail. If it is long and thick, with the cloaca being closer to the end of the tail rather that toward the shell, you probably have a male. Next you can look at the front claws. Males will have rather long claws which are used to court the females. Sometimes males will have a more concave plastron which is used for mounting the female

For Box turtles read this,
http://www.boxturtlesite.org/malefemale.html

Answer 2

This is a simple question, and everyone got it wrong excpet for Julia and RESLover, who both got it partially right.

Some key points:

1.) You CANNOT accurately sex young turtles. They need to be a few years old (or, as RESLover mentioned, about 4" long for some species, like the RES!)

2.) Male sliders, etc. DO have longer foreclaws as young or adult turtles- they are used for courtship.

3.) With almost ALL species, the two main charactistics are plastron (belly shell) shape and tail size.
- Male plastrons are concave, or in-curved so the male can rest on the female's shell during mating. The female's is flat or convex (our curved) to maximize room for eggs when they have them.
- Male tails are long and skinny to reach around the female's shell for mating, while female tails are short and wide to lay eggs through.

4.) Other species have other issues. In many, the males are smaller. In Ornate box turtles, the males have red or brighter colored eyes than the females.

Answer 3

Every1 above julia is wrong i have been studing turtles for 8 years i have 3 res and i have been researching apon them. They have to be 4 inches befor you can tell the males will have very long nails on the front legs dont cut them off though and they will have a very thick long tail bigger than the females. Hope that helps!

Answer 4

well right now they r too young to tell but you check the tail the male's is longer and thicker I think

Answer 5

Its usually dont by the tails. Longer thinner tails mean female shorter tails uselly mean male !

Answer 6

The one with strange moves is probably male partner.

Answer 7

Ask the a difficult math question ... the male is the one who answers it correctly!

Answer 8

its easy... i had turles... you hold them upside down and near their tails, if the shell curves in like a "U" its a girl, if there isnt a curve, then its a boy. hope that helps

Answer 9

you wont be able to tell until they are adults.