How do you tell the age and sex of your Russian?

[UMDRunner]

I've had mine for about 3 months and according to petco it is 6-9 months old, but they knew nothing.... they sold me a glass aquarium and told me to fill it with rabit pellets! So I don't trust their judgement.... they also didn't know the gender.

[cvalda]

Post some pics of the tail and we'll be able to let you know. What size is he? They say you can't be absolutely sure until they're at least 5" long, but I've had a few males who were "obvious" at a much smaller size.

[Iluvemturts]

Id say your tort is older than 6 months. Danny would have a better guestamite .
Post a pic of the tail - with the tort on his back..

[UMDRunner]

ok, I'll do that tomorrow for sure, I have 8am class tomorrow

[T-P]

without a hatch date its impossible to knwo their exact age.
however going by size would be a wild guess.

[UMDRunner]

Here are some pictures.... he/she is about 4.5" long and 3.75" wide (using the bottom shell for measurements)

Any ideas of the sex and/or age? Thanks!

[UMDRunner]

Here are a few upper body shots that might help with age?

[Iluvemturts]

Id say its a male but dont bank on my statement as I have a REALLY bad track record with sexin the torts lol. I got a 50/50 chance...you'd think my luck would be getting better lol.
No one can ( as T-P mentioned) tell you exact age but your tort is over 2..IMO . He looks to be an adult.

[cvalda]

It's hard to tell from t hose pictures... if you could get a clear close up of that tail, that'd help! He sure is a round thing, though, isn't he?! LOL! And I agree with Tracy that he is an adult... if he's a male, that is... he will only grow a little bit more, maybe half an inch or so. If he's female then there's could be a lot of growing ahead.

[egyptiandan]

It looks like a female to me sorry Tracy Your Russian is probably around 8 years old and she does have a bit of growing to do.

Danny

[UMDRunner]

8 years old!!!!! really? I was told from petco around 9 months haha.

[Crazy1]

Danny I was going to say Tank is a Tanket. But because her plastron was not concaved. Yeh, I got one right-sort of even if it was after the fact. But your right UMDRunner Most Petcos and Petsmarts have a really good record for giving wrong information. Hope Tank being a Tanket is not a disappointment for you.

[UMDRunner]

So do the rest of you think SHE is around 8?

[Crazy1]

Sorry I can't help there. Half the time I'm not really sure my own age.

[UMDRunner]

haha!