How can you tell if a red footed tortoise is a boy or girl?

Answer 1

The site linked by a previous poster is about box turtles not redfoot tortoises. The husbandry may be similar but the diets are completely different.

This site shows the difference between the anal scutes on male and female adult redfoots. You can sometimes get an idea of gender on young redfoots by observing the shape of the anal scutes and the relative length of the tail but it is a bit trickier to be sure when they are young. You will not be able to see the usual male plastron indentation if your tortoise is young.


http://www.chelonia.org/sexing/sexing_Geochelone_carbonaria.htm

Answer 2

it frequently costs a bite to get them set up with the acceptable housing, even if the weekly costs are fairly low. My nutrients funds for my team of four runs approximately $8/week. the bigger the residing homestead, the extra effective sensible. a stable rule of thumb for an indoor habitat is 8 shell lengths by using 4 shell lengths. you would be able to desire to apply a brilliant plastic bath or aquarium for the 1st few years. A undertaking-unfastened habitat needs a bathtub or tank, some cypress mulch substrate, a water dish and nutrients plate, a stable cover (no longer in at modern-day forward words a field), or maybe if you choose on your climate for heat temperature, ordinary, and humidity. T&T is stated to be ok, yet you will very almost continuously get an more advantageous sensible deal from a individual breeder or someplace like an expo you would be able to discover the animal. purple-foots, fairly the Brazilian version (cherry-heads) are a reasonably hardy species. NO tortoises is 'undertaking-unfastened care' once you think approximately which you would be able to desire to regulate the aspects as nicely as weight-loss plan, yet as rapidly as you meet their needs, purple-foots are fairly at modern-day forward.

Answer 3

First- you cannot tell reliably until they hit about 6-7" long, and it can still be 'iffy'. For better accuracy, check at about 4 years old and are approaching sexual maturity.

Then, the belly shell (plastron) on the male will begin to curve inwards sharply. Big males have incredibly deep curves here. Some males will also get what is called the 'wasp waist'- the sides of the shell will become slightly 'pinched' as the plastron changes.

The male's tail will be longer and the vent will be near the middle of the tail. The angle of the 'anal scutes' (the part of the plastron near the tail) is different as well.

You can see the differences at http://www.chelonia.org/sexing/sexing_Geochelone_carbonaria.htm

Answer 4

Male to male combat begins with a round of head bobbing from each male involved, and then proceeds to a wresting match where the males attempt to turn one another over. The succeeding male (usually the largest male) then attempts to mate with the females. The ritualistic head movements displayed by male red-foots are thought to be a method of species recognition. Other tortoise species, most notably the closely related and sometimes sympatric yellow-footed tortoise (Geochelone denticulata), have different challenging head movements. Red-footed tortoises have challenging head movements that are a series of lateral jerks, by contrast, yellow-footed tortoises utilize a long sideways sweep in their displays (Auffenberg, 1965). Male red-foots peruse walking (seeming uninterested) females until they can maneuver them into a position for mating. The unique body shape of the male red-footed tortoise facilitates the mating process by allowing him to maintain his balance during copulation while the female walks around, seemingly attempting to dislodge the male by walking under low-hanging vegetation .

Answer 5

Sexing Tortoises

Answer 6

I found a good sight with loads of information about caring for and sexing tortoises. I hope this helps you.

http://www.turtlecare.net/box_turt.htm

Answer 7

If the bottom of the tortoise is bumpy then its a male and if its flat its a girl

Answer 8

http://www.chelonia.org/sexing/sexing_Geochelone_carbonaria.htm

Answer 9

look underneath if you no what i mean