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07-28-2010, 01:35 PM
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The tail is why I said that it is a she. Your right about tail size on males, they are quite large because this is where the male organ develops. There is a small chance that this 9" tortoise's male organs have not yet been developed, especially since he was malnutritioned at a younger age. He could have grown so fast while still being to young to develop his penis. 2 of my "probable" females had female tails at 7.8" and 8.2" and both over the course of a couple months developed their penis.
Either way it doesnt matter. Tortoise breeders understand that when buying a non proven female there is always a good chance of being/becoming male or being infertile. Hence the large difference in price between proven and nonproven.
you wont have too much of a problem selling he/she but it is a lot harder selling tortoises that were previously malnutritioned, especially sunk in shells. Not for fear of health problems but rather her so called uglyness.
I have been considering purchasing this tortoise since I do plan on attending the breeder's expo. I have some other tortoises I am working on right now though. I will get back to you eventually.
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07-28-2010, 08:22 PM
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oops, your engineering scale/ruler through me off. I was thinking she was around 25 cm from pic but wrong type of ruler! hmm 13"....should def have a penis by now!
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