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Hi there,
I was told that you can sex tortoise before s/he reaches a certain size (20 cm or 8") by the lengths of his/her hind toe nails. Long hind toe-nails are reportedly the indication for female. This is new info to me and my hubby. We are excited. What do you all think? We can't tell if Penelope's are long or short b/c we have no reference to what is normal lengths/short or long. Is she(approx 3-1/2+yrs old, approx 6" Calif D.T.) really a girl or not? Either way, we'll love the tort. You tell me... Hopeful Mado
BTW
here's more photogenic pix of Penelope as she was resisting to get her feet off the floor earlier by mommy and daddy...poor thing.
I was told that you can sex tortoise before s/he reaches a certain size (20 cm or 8") by the lengths of his/her hind toe nails. Long hind toe-nails are reportedly the indication for female. This is new info to me and my hubby. We are excited. What do you all think? We can't tell if Penelope's are long or short b/c we have no reference to what is normal lengths/short or long. Is she(approx 3-1/2+yrs old, approx 6" Calif D.T.) really a girl or not? Either way, we'll love the tort. You tell me... Hopeful Mado
BTW
here's more photogenic pix of Penelope as she was resisting to get her feet off the floor earlier by mommy and daddy...poor thing.