How can you tell the gender of your red-ear slider turtles?

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Erin W asked:

Since I got my red-ear slider turtles seven years ago. I have always wondered the genders of the turtles. One of my turtle is bigger and the other is smaller.



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4 Responses to 'How can you tell the gender of your red-ear slider turtles?'

  1. Janie - April 3rd, 2010 at 2:58 am

    flip it over on its back f it has a dipped belli it is male if it has a flat bellie its is female.

  2. Ellie - April 5th, 2010 at 12:52 pm

    The easiest way to tell in mature turtles is that:

    Males have very long front claws

    Males’s bottom shell (pastron I think) is slightly curved in while females in flat or slightly bulging for eggs to have room

    males are slightly bigger than females the same age

  3. Loollea - April 6th, 2010 at 5:36 pm

    RES – males are more colorful, smaller, have longer fingernails, longer tail and concave plastron
    females are larger, shorter tail, convex plastron

  4. iluvmyfrenchbulldogs - April 8th, 2010 at 1:42 pm

    My vet told me that you can tell by looking at their tail. Males have longer tails, and females have shorter tails.


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