Post a pic of the tail and anal scutes and we can sex it for you. I think Yvonne is correct, unless you have a very unusual female with large gular scutes. Pic like this:Well OK then! Thank you very much. You’d think after my the reading I would have known that. I’ll read up on sex characteristics.
Thanks, Tom. I can't lift her and get a shot at the same time, but I think Yvonne is right too. I just looked at a bunch of photos, and I've got a male. He was pretty small when we found him, made the call at that time, and never revised it! Thanks for tip about fruit. She foraged those along our back fence. I'll cut them back. Her main diet is field grass. It's a pretty impressive gular now that you mention it!
that's a woman for you always concerned about how big a guy's gular isMales' plastrons don't develop the curved plastron until they get bigger. Your tortoise's gular is large and curved. Females' gular is small and inconsequential
100% male. No doubt whatsoever.
Really, Charlie? You are shaming me for ignorance of the species? I am a cat/rabbit/chicken person who found him on the side of the road and took him on. Give me a break.I'm surprised you haven't seen absolute evidence of his maleness by now! It's hard to miss when they are showing it off.
I dout you are being shaming you he's just surprised you have not seen the tortoise's penis yet.Really, Charlie? You are shaming me for ignorance of the species? I am a cat/rabbit/chicken person who found him on the side of the road and took him on. Give me a break.
I'm sorry, you misunderstood me. You probably missed the period when your tort was going through puberty. When they first go through puberty, there are obvious displays of the penis. If you've never seen a sulcata display his manhood, it is quite a shock. The first time I saw it, I thought his insides were coming out. There are several threads on here about it. Many people think their tortoise is dying. Later, but possibly not often, they try to relieve themselves by humping a ball or a rock. There's lots of grunting involved. I didn't want to get so blunt, but I really don't want you to think I was shaming or insulting you.Really, Charlie? You are shaming me for ignorance of the species? I am a cat/rabbit/chicken person who found him on the side of the road and took him on. Give me a break.
We used to have tons of pets of many kinds. My giant tortoise outlived them all!Ha ha OK. No offense taken. I live in Southern Oregon, which has snowy winters. When I found him on a walk and took him in, he was the size of a cheeseburger. I read enough to learn he needed to be indoors during the winter, so we did the baby pool thing in the family room among all the other pets. Then he got huge and transitioned to a doghouse and heat mat in the backyard. I confess I never noticed his penis. I was raising a family with a dozen species of other pets. I never thought I'd own a large reptile, and my kids are grown and gone, but I love him and appreciate the Tortoise Forum's helping me know how to take care of him.