2 questions...
1, confirmation that Fiorano is a 'she'! Lol
And 2, The plastron appears to be cracked? :shock: should i be concerned about this? She does seem to have grown pretty quick in the last month, from 97g to 113g in 1 month, is now at 79mm, I do not have the orignal carapace length :( I have put the pictures as links, theyre just under 2mb each. Http://www.jambophoto.co.uk/images/s.../Plastron1.jpg Http://www.jambophoto.co.uk/images/s.../Plastron2.jpg |
Looks female to me
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Looks female to me too!
And I can't see any cracks? |
In the third 'segment' up, there is an arc which looks like a crack? I mean I dont recall it not being there, but its not present on our other little lady!
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I agree :) Looking very female. She also looks like a Dalmation Hermanns, T.h.hercegovinensis to me. Thats not a crack but a line in the abdominal scute. It happens quite a bit with Hermanns and is nothing to worry about.
Danny |
How come everyone else has female Hermanns and mine are male? they look the same to me :mad:
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Lol I have females and want more lol, but I'll find some at the right price
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Female for me too, wish mine where that simple to sex. although going by yours I have all boys oh dear!!!
Sue |
Thanks Guys :D
And Dan, good to hear about the line!! |
Hi Guys,
Almost a year down the line, and am looking for re-confirmation of the above... Reason being that we caught "Fiorano" humping Valentino's face :shock: :oops: I picked up Fiorano, and there were no obvious signs :lol: Anyway, after separating them, about half an hour later, 'she' was back humping again :shock:, so I fed them which sorted that out for now, but almost immediately afterwards, yep, humping again. :mad: So, 2 new photo's for identification/confirmation please!!! (Fiorano is the first one, and is much bigger than Valentino, despite only 3 months age difference - both coming up to 2 years old) Many thanks! http://www.jambophoto.co.uk/images/store/Misc/hump.jpg http://www.jambophoto.co.uk/images/s.../plastron3.jpg http://www.jambophoto.co.uk/images/s.../plastron4.jpg |
First one looks male, second female :-)
Their anal scutes look pretty much the same though lol Danny will know :-) |
I agree, first one male, second one female.
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Me too :D I think Fiorano is male and Valentino is female :D
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Damn!
Does this mean I need to think about separating them? |
Get him a tortoise shaped ornament.
I keep my 2 adult Hermanns together fine, he rarely hassles her to mate cause he spends his time humping his ornament lol. |
I agree :D first one male and second one female
Danny |
I was going to say the same..1st male and 2nd female xx
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Thanks guys.
I know it can be difficult to sex them, and in the space of a year, Fiorano has gone from definate female, to definate male! :o What am I looking for? Oh, and will look out for a distraction ornament for him! Ll |
I've also had a couple of tortoises that were confidently thought to be one sex and a couple of years later were ID'd as being the opposite one.
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I look at the shape of the anal scutes.. If they are square I say female. If they are more rectangler I say male. Aswell as looking at the tail :D
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I don't disagree with Lynne but quite a lot of our sexing of young tortoises on these pages turns out not to be accurate.
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^^ I think it's probably safe to 'assume' you should wait until approx 2 years before getting a more reliable gender identification?
For a temporary distraction of Fiorano I've put half a coconut shell in the house - it's sort of tortoise shaped :D :lol: |
Next update...
I saw Valentino (the female) "humping" Fiorano today... bit of a role reversal I thought!. Certainly raised my suspicions! Anyway, bathing them today, and it does indeed appear that Valentino... (our confirmed twice female), is in fact also a male!! So, it appears we have 2 gay tortoises :lol: |
Could it not be a dominance thing? One of my girls climbs on top of elvis quite oftern he doesn't seem to mind tho lol
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not unless "she" has a willy :lol:
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How big was the "willy"? :mrgreen:
Danny |
Might not be a willy lol could be tho gay tortoises :0) why ever not :-D
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Being only pea sized and seemingly not long, it very well could have been "girl parts". ;) :mrgreen: But by all means post a new plastron and tail picture. :D
Danny |
So ladies flash their bits too?! how rude :o :D
Will get another photo, but will keep an eye on 'her' too! |
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Nope :shock: tails gotten a bit to long for that. Those are boy parts :mrgreen:
Danny |
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