Last week my wife and I were down near the Ohio River area after the heavy flooding and happened on a Box Turtle sitting along side the road, with no where to get near a dry spot. So we now have her I think, with our male. I think it’s a girl
based on the larger size and a very short tail. The other features are male like reddish eyes, a little concave plastrom. My male turtle doesn’t do much except look at the other turtle. Is the short tail a good indicator?
Thank you Norristhenut
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New Box Turtle and sexing
norristhenut
Sep 23, 2004 07:36 PM
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bdssff2
Sep 24, 2004 12:09 AM
there is another post on sexing with the web site that show you how to sex them I have it save as a favorite at work so if you dont find it I'll send you the site later.As far as the eyes goes I would look at the whole picture not just that one.Brandon
Rouen
Sep 25, 2004 07:42 PM
you cannot sex by one characteristic, like a short tail, which could just be a birth defect, maybe it's a juvi, as I just posted no one should be taking wild box turtles from their habitat UNLESS it's life is seriously threatened by a man made thing like a road! or children(yes children are a man made thing), flooding occures natrually, and box turtles are well adapted to water though they are more comfortable on land they do know how to swim, anyway!
do you have a picture of the animal?
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