General Care Discussion :: Gender Identification and Behaviour

[Samkit]

okay. and what about the one you built earlier?

[Kansasslider]

It was made out of wood with bar top epoxy and a plexi ramp PVC pipe for legs.. The first one I made was mostly plexiglass with wood around the top only. Than one was on my 40 gallon tank.

[Samkit]

I think a lot of people are using PVC pipe. Is there any adverse effects of it on turtle? And the wood; dint it wither away coz of getting wet?

[Kansasslider]

PVC pipe is safe for turtles. I didn't use any glue. The wood was coated with 1/4 inch of bartop epoxy and not in the water. I wouldn't use the wood again. The bar top epoxy was pretty slick.

[Samkit]

thanks!

[ataraxiamb]

Looks female to me.

[Samkit]

Hey!
I wouldn't call it a miracle but, surely the occurrence of the unexpected!
In march when I posted my turtle's nail & tail pics, Steve and others concluded that it was 99% female.
But as couple of months passed, there was a highly significant change in the features of my turtle.
As I post(proudly) today, my turtle has nails upto 1 cm long and tail more than 1.5 inch.
Also, HE rarely gets out his manhood. So yeah it is definitely a male.

[Kansasslider]

Its hard to tell sometimes till they get a little older.

[Samkit]

Ya I agree. But I am happy that its a male!

[steve]

Agrh, OK.

Congrats on the boy

[edwin86]

hi, I have try to observe for 1weeks+ and still unable to tell isit male or female for both of my turtle. need expert help.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45IIGTv ... e=youtu.be

the video I has upload it to youtube. hope can give it a better view.

[steve]

I'd guess the one on left is male, on the right is a female.

[edwin86]

Hi steve thanks for the reply, also what are they actually doing??? isit fighting??? or does the big turtle doing some action to impress the others??

[steve]

It's fluttering, but it could be part of courtship or a warning to the other. You should think about separating them (males pretty much always need to be separated) and maybe re-evaluate the diet (it looks like they've grown quickly).

[edwin86]

ya the bigger size when i bring it home the size is around 1.5 inches (3.5cm++) from 2015 December till now 2016 March it has grown to 3.75 inches (9.5cm++) which is only around 3 - 4 months times... another turtle which is also the same time i bring it in has gown abit fast too... but now recently it seems to slow down on growing big...

so is it good or bad about turtle growing big fast or slow???

Also i still have 1 more turtle also around late December 2015 i bring it in size around 1.3 inches (3.2cm++) and now the size is only 1.77+ inches (4.5cm++).... wondering is there anything wrong with the health???