Sexing by Spurs

escurnow

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Hi Guys-
I've read a lot of posts about the mystery of sexing sulcatas. BUT I had a vet tell me that a fairly good way to sex the torts was to look at the spurs on the back thighs. If the two main ones you can see are about the same size, it's a male and if they are one large and one small they are female. He said it's not 100% (it seems almost nothing non invasive is...) but said he felt it was fairly accurate.

I was just wondering if any experienced folks had heard of this before or if they agreed?

Thanks!
 

Tom

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I've never heard this, but it will be easy enough to check.

There is no mystery to sexing sulcatas. They are one of the easiest species to sex once they are near adulthood. I think the problem is that some people are just impatient and don't want to wait to find out.
 
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