Boy or Girl
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My guess is male, but it could probably go either way at this point.
Yours is one of those that could really go either way at this point. I'm leaning toward female, but only just barely. The tail is small-"ish" and the cloacal opening is pretty near the end of it, but...
Aside from male or female, that's a great looking sulcata. Very smooth carapace, and very healthy looking. How was he/she raised from hatchling? Whatever you did obviously worked, so I'd love to know the details.
Aside from male or female, that's a great looking sulcata. Very smooth carapace, and very healthy looking. How was he/she raised from hatchling? Whatever you did obviously worked, so I'd love to know the details.
Well where do I start. I keep him outside year around. I only bring him in when we have a really bad windy rain storm or the few nights it gets below freezing. He is in a 2 foot x 4 foot tortoise table with a screened top. I feed him spring mix, lots of mazuri and grass and weeds about once a week while he grazes on the front lawn. I used to keep a cuddle bone in his cage but he never touched it. I do not add calcium. I have a red heat bulb over one side of his cage all the time. That side has a one foot part closed off with just a door and a hole in the top for the heat bulb. I put a umbrella over the half with the bulb when it rains. The other half stays uncovered .I wet the dirt under the heat bulb every few days. I don’t soak as often as I should but he does have a water dish all the time. I will wet his shell every couple of days. Mostly I just feed him in the morning and leave him be the rest of the day until I check to make sure he isn’t upside down at night. I will try to post some pics of his enclosure. I keep having to enlarge the door because he is growing so fast.
I have the same problem with my hide box doors too!
I think I remember where you are, but in case I'm wrong, what part of the country are you in? That's a pretty unconventional way to do it, but the results are obviously great. I would love to see pics of your set up. I've been considering doing something like what you described for a while. I know several keepers here on the forum that have had really good results doing something similar. It would be great to see an example from someone like you who is already doing it successfully.
I think I remember where you are, but in case I'm wrong, what part of the country are you in? That's a pretty unconventional way to do it, but the results are obviously great. I would love to see pics of your set up. I've been considering doing something like what you described for a while. I know several keepers here on the forum that have had really good results doing something similar. It would be great to see an example from someone like you who is already doing it successfully.
Thanks for the information....yes your tort has a very smooth shell. Tom can surely share his experience of the change of sex from what he thought after about 12 inch size...it's happens to all of us lol. Some of them are more difficult to sex at that age/size.
I can not say for sure, big for two!
Hes Still Young!
franeich said:Anyone care to guess if my almost 2 year old sulcata is a boy or girl.
If I may ask,what is his/her size in inches(SCL)?
Thanks.
franeich said:
Okay good. Just playing it safe and making sure I wasn't confused.
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