Gender Determination

[DWB]

Found our baby Sully outside, probably an outdoor brood, so incubation temps in late summer in the IE would point to.....?

We've had "it" a little less than 2 months, and "it" deserves a name. We think we have a good name in mind, but it is gender specific.

I know it can't be 100%, but the probable sex would make us more comfortable. Thanks, Dave & Wendy.

 

[Yvonne G]

The temperature down in the nest hole depends upon quite a few things...how deep the hole was, if it was in direct sun, how hot the weather was...there's just no way of knowing if you have a male or a female. I suggest a non-gender specific name, such as Snooky, Sweet-ums. Can you tell I like the sweet little nicknames that end up being so strange on a 150lb tortoise?

Once your tortoise gets set up outside, when it is older, it will more than likely name itself.

 

[Tom]

We have relative cool nights here in SoCal. This means that overall average temps in a nest in the ground will tend to be on the low end of the "warm enough to develop and hatch" spectrum. I suspect the majority of the torts hatched in-ground here are male. However, if it were a hot year, a shallow nest, and your torts egg was at the top of the pile nearer to the hot surface, it is certainly possible to get a female.

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I like this Yvonne.

Once your tortoise gets set up outside, when it is older, it will more than likely name itself.