How can you tell the gender of a pet turtle?

Question

do you look somewhere or what?

Answer 1

For most turtles, you cannot tell the sex while they are young- most have to be about 4" long to start to be sure.

Some species have specific clues, such as male sliders tend to have longer foreclaws.

For most turtles, however, you can use this guide:

PLASTRON: The plaston (belly shell) of the female is flat or outcurved, the male's is incurved.

TAIL: The female's tail is short and wide with the cloaca (vent) near the base. The male's is longer and thinner and the cloaca opens nearer the tip.

Answer 2

Steps
Flip the turtle over. Is the bottom shell convex (protrudes out)? If so, it's a female. If it's concave (caves in), then it's a male.
check out the bottomLook at its tail. Most turtles have a hole which is called the cloaca or "vent" located on their tail. Male turtles have the vent located on the outside of their shell (farther away from the body). Female turtles have the vent located on the inside of the shell (closer to the body).
Examine the thickness of the tail. Male turtles often have fatter and bigger tales than the female.
After determining whether your turtle is male or female, you can decide on breeding from there.



Tips
Depending on the species of your turtle, there may be other clues.
Red-eared Slider: The male's front claws are longer than on the female.
Red- earred SlidersAmerican Box Turtle: 90% of the time, male box turtles have red or orange irises while the female has brown or yellow ones. Also, the female has a tendency to have a higher-domed, rounder upper-shell, while the male has a lower shell with more of an oval or oblong appearance.
It may help to look at a diagram of the vent on a turtle's tail in a picture. A great book for this is Turtles and Tortoises-A Complete Owner's Manual by Bartlett and Bartlett.



Warnings
Some methods are less reliable than others in determining the gender of your turtle. If all the signs point in one direction than you can be assured you have found out the gender. However, if the signs are mixed, you may wish to take your turtle to a vet to be certain.
There are some variations of sea turtles (specifically, the Kemp Ridley, but there may be others) that have no external signs of which gender they are. Speak with a veterinarian specializing in marine animals to discover which gender your sea turtle is.

Answer 3

Probably the best indicator of a turtle's sex is the plastron,or lower shell. If it's scooped in, concave, it's a male. If it's flat, it's a female. The male needs a hollow in his plastron so he can balance atop the female.

Answer 4

The tail of a male turtle is more prominent. The female turtle's tail is much shorter.... tinier.

Answer 5

you'll have to find online according to the type of turtle you have. I think there are different signs on different kinds. And yes you'll have to look somewhere! Good luck!!

Answer 6

If you look this up online I'm sure you can find it, I think the female has some kinda triangle shape out, to hold eggs, and the males is pointing in? I'm not sure, sorry.