Is she a she..?

[KaderTheAnt]

So I've recently got a box turtle from a friend. The friend has had the turtle for a couple of years and has always thought she was a she.. I'm looking for and experts advise on her gender though because I've had mixed results .

 

[ColleenT]

pic of vent is not that good, but from what the vent looks like and the tail being small, i would say female.

 

[KaderTheAnt]

I'll try and get a better picture of the vent. Someone told me that eye color had something to do with its gender (red eyes were male brown eyes were female)

 

[edwardbo]

Would you like to trade or sell that turtle?
Looks female to me .

 

[ColleenT]

I'll try and get a better picture of the vent. Someone told me that eye color had something to do with its gender (red eyes were male brown eyes were female)

you can't always go by the eye color. I have a male who has brown eyes.

 

[PJay]

Many turtles with red eyes are male, but like ColleenT, I have a male with very light, almost orange-brown eyes. Based on the picture, it looks like the vent of a female but the angle could be decieving. The bottom shell also looks flat, indicating a female. Males almost always have a convex curve (curving up towards the inside of the turtle) that aids in mounting females for reproduction.