Gender or a turtle?

Question

i have asked this a couple times and i get different answers evrytime. i need one that i can trust. The turtle has a big shell wit yellow spots on it. it have short claws and brown eyes. the belly has a lil dent on the shell. it isnt flat. i dont know wat kind it is i juss wanna know the gender? anyone for sure know?

Answer 1

How you determine the gender depends on WHAT KIND OF TURTLE YOU HAVE. Males of most pond turtles (Cooters, Sliders, Painteds, and Maps) get long front claws and their vent is about half way between the edge of the shell and the tip of the tail. Females have their vent close to the edge of their shell. All of that fat, skinny, long,or short tail stuff is USELESS unless you have several turtles to compare or you have looked at a lot of turtles. If you have a mud, musk, or snapping turtle the vent position works. If you have a box turtle the vent position works, and males USUALLY have red eyes and a dent in the bottom of their shell. If you have a tortoise I need to know what you have.

Answer 2

Sometimes (but not always) you can tell the gender of the turtle by the underneath. If it's smooth, generally speaking, it is a female. If it's a male, it is more dented in.

Answer 3

Yes because of the dent it is probably male but there is no sure fire way to tell without knowing the species.

Answer 4

It would be easiest if you posted a picture. Many species have easy to assess methods of sexing: eye color or claw length, for example. The one general methof is to look at the tail from underneath anf find the vent. With the tail held straight back, us the vent under the carapace (upper shell). If so, you have either a female or an immature male. If it is beyond the carapace, you have a mature male.

Your turtle wouldn't happen to have a shell shaped like a loaf of bread, with a hinge in the lower shell, and club-shaped feet, would it? If so, I can tell you HER genus, if not species.

Answer 5

"Instructions

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      Step 1:

      Take a look at the claws. Males tend to have significantly longer claws than females.

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      Step 2:

      Assess the tail. Males usually have a long, fat tail, while females have a shorter, thinner tail.

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      Step 3:

      Locate the cloaca, an opening along the tail for the intestinal, urinary and genital tracts. The male cloaca is closer to the tip of the tail than the body, and vice versa for the female cloaca.

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      Step 4:

      Watch the turtle's behavior. Males are often more aggressive, especially while mating.

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      Step 5:

      Gauge the turtle's size (if adult). Females are generally larger than the male.

Tips & Warnings

    * Research the species of the turtle in question. Each turtle's s*x is determined in its own way.

    * Without a microscope or blood test, turtles cannot be sexed until they reach five years of age."-from a website

Answer 6

probably a male.. the dent is to get a better footing on the female while mating.. but it isn't a sure-fire way of telling