Sex my Redfoot

Parais11

Active Member
Joined
Jan 7, 2019
Messages
121
Location (City and/or State)
Plainview ny
Is my Redfoot a male or female?
 

Attachments

  • 6B526D6E-704F-4238-B97B-404176FF2511.jpeg
    6B526D6E-704F-4238-B97B-404176FF2511.jpeg
    1.9 MB · Views: 14
  • 88418675-47F8-4C7C-8966-3555FE1F8454.jpeg
    88418675-47F8-4C7C-8966-3555FE1F8454.jpeg
    2.2 MB · Views: 15
  • 0B17B858-547B-4319-B134-4922ADDC6706.jpeg
    0B17B858-547B-4319-B134-4922ADDC6706.jpeg
    1.5 MB · Views: 17

Parais11

Active Member
Joined
Jan 7, 2019
Messages
121
Location (City and/or State)
Plainview ny
I appreciate the input. I was told a while back it was a female, but I too notice all the signs pointing to male. Can I say with certainty that this is intact a male Redfoot?
 

Parais11

Active Member
Joined
Jan 7, 2019
Messages
121
Location (City and/or State)
Plainview ny
So we are at 3-1 male. Anybody else care to take a look. I’m trying to pair him/her up with a breeding partner but I’d like to know what sex I’m dealing with. 😝.

He’s about 7 years old, and I’ve had him for 6.5 of them. Would different pictures help? If so, what pics?
 

TammyJ

Well-Known Member
5 Year Member
Joined
Jun 21, 2016
Messages
7,120
Location (City and/or State)
Jamaica
Whatever it is, it's fabulous looking!
 

pacific chelonians

Well-Known Member
Joined
Jan 4, 2021
Messages
495
Location (City and/or State)
SanDiego California
Here are some photos Wether it’s male of female
 

Attachments

  • DDD59A8C-075C-430B-8F59-4886F9631BE1.jpeg
    DDD59A8C-075C-430B-8F59-4886F9631BE1.jpeg
    2.6 MB · Views: 6
  • 5DB6B850-AE57-43C7-AE4A-AE0299BDAE95.jpeg
    5DB6B850-AE57-43C7-AE4A-AE0299BDAE95.jpeg
    2 MB · Views: 6
  • C94A8400-4DCE-41EA-9C93-7EE83441BD9E.jpeg
    C94A8400-4DCE-41EA-9C93-7EE83441BD9E.jpeg
    1.6 MB · Views: 6

domalle

Well-Known Member
10 Year Member!
Platinum Tortoise Club
Joined
Dec 9, 2011
Messages
491
Honestly can’t tell you I’ve had them for about three years I got them when they were adults
Agree with pacific chelonians. Absolutely and definitively female.
Females can have a slight concavity to the plastron but nowhere as pronounced as the male.
And pacific chelonians is right. Male has a dramatic and easily recognizable tail to accommodate their
elongated equipment.
Also the shot of the carapace from above clearly shows the more overall oval shape of the female.
The last pictures you posted are Cherryheads and somewhat different sexing criteria with those.
See Allegraf's excellent post on the more difficult determination of gender with Cherryheads
 
Last edited:

New Posts

Top