male or female?
By pwang41
@pwang41 (134)
Philippines
March 28, 2010 8:01am CST
my father bought me 2 turtles. we both don't know the gender because we can't identify if it is male or female. can somebody please tell me how to identify them?
3 responses
@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
28 Mar 10
Hmm... I was told that the female has a flat stomach while the male has a embedded stomach. Try to check. We had the same problem when the godfaher of my brother gave him turtles for his 10th birthday. We wondered how to know what because at first they were like 2inches radius and until now that they are as big as plates, they haven't given us offspring. It was until I went to ask in the petstore did I know and realize that both of our turtles were male. Hehehe.. Brokeback mountain. hahahaha...
@pwang41 (134)
• Philippines
28 Mar 10
my cousin also said the same thing. my cousin's turtle had an embedded stomach when she got it. this means that her turtle is male right? what confused me is that does the embedded stomach of a male turtle disappear after they grow a few centimeters? because that was the situation of my cousin's turtle. will it mean that her turtle is female?
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@hiphopgal94 (15)
• United States
19 Jun 10
My mom has 5 turtles! we had the same problem when he first got them. Gradually you can tell which ones are bigger and which ones have longer tails and things of that nature well the females are bigger and have shorter tails. Males are smaller and have longer tails.
@pwang41 (134)
• Philippines
29 Jun 10
thank you for the additional information. i think both of my turtles are females. sadly, as i have observed them these days they to seem to stop growing. my cousin did also the same comment when she have seen them again. i don't know what seem the problem. :(
