Boy or girl?

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My only experience with RF is always admiring a former members. Unfortunately he is no longer on the forum. He probably could have made a good guess, but it still would have only been a guess at this size.
My guess though is male if there is slight concaving on the dark part of the shell towards the tail. Otherwise the tail and scutes look female to me.
 

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My only experience with RF is always admiring a former members. Unfortunately he is no longer on the forum. He probably could have made a good guess, but it still would have only been a guess at this size.
My guess though is male if there is slight concaving on the dark part of the shell towards the tail. Otherwise the tail and scutes look female to me.
Thanks!
Anyone have a good pic of a immature male?
 

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The other thing I’ve been told is a thicking of the anal scutes… don’t know if it’s correct or not but here…
 

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Why are you so obsessed with figuring out your tortoise's sex? Are you hoping to breed them and want to get another one of the opposite sex?

If so, just buy another one of known sex and sure as heck, yours will grow up to be the same sex as the one you bought to breed with it. It's Murphy's Law.

Seriously, though, your tortoise is still very young to be able to accurately determine the sex. If I had to guess today, I would say it looks as though it is developing some male characteristics, but I caution you that these young tortoises can go through different stages of development and often prove one's predictions to be incorrect.
Nope! Just a exited tortoise mom! 🤣
 

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🤗 I suggest just waiting around to see the announcement. If shes a he grab a camera quick 😉 you'll never see anything like that again.🤗🙏s
 

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They all pretty much look female at that size.


First pick is just a little while ago and 2nd is today

Think I see some growth
 

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In my opinion that’s a female, but time will tell, only thing you can do is to wait for more obvious signs that will leave you no doubt.
 

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Well. Whatever sex it eventually turns out to be, it will certainly have some severe identity issues.
They probably have identity issues from the time they wind up in an egg 🤣 since that's all up to the whims of mother nature. No wonder they're so funny.🐢
 

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I know I know- me again

But look at this 👀

Over the last few weeks it’s tail has become longer, and the concaving is much more significant.

I’m probably making y’all crazy, I know I have more time to wait, but any guesses??

@jsheffield
@Markw84
@zovick
 

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It's trying desperately to be what you want it to be, and it's body is reacting.
 

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Beasley was 8 before either I or anyone else (including experts on forums) were sure she was female. :) I intentionally chose a gender-neutral name, but she was a he for her first 8 years! Then she transitioned. :) And just as with my human friend who did that, I adapted surprisingly quickly to thinking of her as female. You just have to be patient, alas!
 

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But look at this 👀

Over the last few weeks it’s tail has become longer, and the concaving is much more significant.

I’m probably making y’all crazy, I know I have more time to wait, but any guesses??

@jsheffield
@Markw84
@zovick
I can't tell what sex it is yet. It could still go either way in my opinion.
 

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I think female somewhat also but be sure to post a picture 😜 that proves I'm wrong.😉
 

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Best bet is to ask your vet at your torts annual checkup. If you’re going to a good exotic vet (make sure y’all are taking your torts to specialist vets!) they’ll either tell you it’s too early to know or they’ll have figured it out within a couple of seconds

Edit: also for the person in the thread asking about the reason for knowing gender. If you have a female you need to know when they might lay eggs so you can supplement extra calcium
 
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