He or she...???

[JennK]

having trouble sexing my three toed. Can anyone help me?

 

[Eric Phillips]

Looks to be a fine gentleman to me! Handsome 3 Toed

 

[JennK]

That's what I originally thought because of his eye color, however there is no concave on his shell and the anus is placed closer to the shell instead of further like it would be on a male

 

[Yvonne G]

I would have said female because the cloaca is close to the body. And you can usually see a little thumb-sized indentation in the middle of the plastron on a male.

 

[JennK]

Completely flat plastron... No doubting that. I am glad to see I wasn't the only one having issues. I've read that there have been males without the indentation but I've read that females can have red eyes! Although hers are more of a brown then red.

 

[JennK]

If it is determined that the turtle in question is in fact a female would it be alright to get another turtle?

 

[Yvonne G]

Yes. If your outside habitat is fairly large, box turtles get along ok with others of their species. But if you crowd them into a smallish habitat, Territory fighting will occur no matter what sex they are.

 

[JennK]

My indoor enclosure is 8x3 plus they free roam my sun porch during the day which is basically set up as an enclosure with a reading nook!

 

[JennK]

Oh and they get a minimum of an hour a day outside in my garden with me. Most times more. At least twice a week they get a full day outside.

 

[Eric Phillips]

I just seen the other pictures, yep I do believe Yvonne is correct, my bad.

 

[Eric Zukowski]

Most likely female but for some reason in three toes I notice a lot more females with with male charicteristics and vice versa.

 

[Dean Wirth]

Small tail I likely female

 

[JennK]

He is a boy. He just told me so during his oh so unhappy bath!