Other Turtle Discussion :: Turtle male or female? Mating ritual?

[YBSlider]

I really want to know if my turtle is male or female. I know that you can't tell until they get older but I can't wait that long haha . A few months ago I was turtle sitting for a friend and I let my turtle and hers stay in the same tank(they didn't fight). Once they got acquainted my turtle started to do the turtle ritual where they flutter their claws. I later looked this up and found out that males do this to the females. If this is true does it mean my turtle is male?

[Diamondbacks4Life]

No not at all. It is also their dominance dance. It is one turtle trying to tell the other one he is the king of the tank in a way. Both male and females can do this and small turtles like yours will do it. has nothing to do with the turtles sex at all.

[Jea]

Oh whew, I saw one of my hatchlings doing this today and was worried it meant I had a male and female. They're only about 7-8 months old, so I figured it was a little early for them to be interested!