How can i know my turtles age and s*x?

Question

How can i know my turtles age and s*x?

Answer 1

the tail for a male is larger and longer. and usually a water red-eared turtle is 3-5 inches big within 9 months

Answer 2

To know their age, you have to know when they hatched. Sometimes, when you get them as hatchlings, you can make a pretty good guess. As they get older, it gets tougher. If you have good data on average growth, you can sometimes guess within a year if you have a wild-caught turtle. When I got my snapper, in 1965, I figured that he was just sexually-mature, which happens at 6-8 years and 6-8 inches of shell. Next year, I'm throwing him a 50th birthday party. I figure that I won't be off by more than a year, at most.

Since you don't mention what kind of turtle you have, I can only give you the general rule. Look at the underside of the tail and find the vent. With the tail held straight back, is the vent under the carapace? If so, you have either a female or an immature male. In a mature male, the vent will be beyond the carapace. There is no safe way to s*x an immature turtle.

Answer 3

I dunno about the age but u can usally tell when they are grown and when they are 4 inches long...u can tell if they are girl or boy/

Answer 4

Water turtles you can tell easy (after their first year)... males have LONG nails and a fat tail, while females have barely any nails and a skinny tail.

Age: 6 inches is about 3 years old

Answer 5

Sexing a turtle is easy..**Red-eared sliders, Gender especially juveniles, can be difficult to s*x. Gender in adults is determined by external physical characteristics and behavior. Males have longer fore claws (which are use in courtship), a longer tail length. Males are smaller in size and shell length. Turtles are considered juveniles till after 5 yrs old.

But..age. Unless you get them after they hatch you r really will never know. so many turtles have had their growth stunted in small cages and not eating what they would eat in the wild. So age. NO.

. I have had my 2 slider  girls for 36 yrs. Plus an 8 and 5 yr old and now a 2 yr old that was adopted last week from this site.... Been in a pond for almost 7 yrs now and I got them when they were two from a guy who owned a pet store. I got them on my 18th b-day. So as far as I know mine are 36.

The bigger the environment the bigger the healthier the turtle.

Did you know that they need to bask under a reptile light UVA for 8 to 10 hrs a day for the vitamin D that they need to grow. So that means getting a turtle dock also.

Leave the heater on 75 to 78 degrees always.

Their water needs to be clean otherwise they get sick easily from dirty water cause they p**p allot.

You need a good filter system! Gravel larger than they can swallow.

You need to feed them feeder guppies, goldfish or minnows for protein and calcium daily drop 20 or so in the tanks and watch them disappear! This way when they swim for their dinner they get exercise also!

They need leafy greens( Romaine, Butter lettuce. Iceberg and cabbage are bad for them, any leafy greens will do) for vitamin A that they need at least 3 to 4 times a week.

You probably already know that they get sick easily, shell rot, respiratory sickness, lopsided swimming, coughing,blowing bubbles from his nose, swollen eyes..so many illnesses.

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