i've just bought 2 baby yellow bellied turtles and i was just wandering how to tell if they're male or female... so how do you??

Thanks,

Tony

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if you took a pic of the underside im sure graham could tell you if they are m o f

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If they are hatchlings it'll be a few years before you can tell for certain, if anything young turts are harder to sex than torts! It doesn't help that both male and female juveniles often display the same mating behaviour, so even that doesn't help you!
When they become old enough to sex the way to tell is to look at the tail and the vent (cloaca) position, in males the tail is fatter and longer, and the vent is further towards the tip. In females the vent is roughly in line with the back edge of the carapace.
Males also grow longer front claws than females, in the case of sliders they are much longer, and when they finally reach an age where you can sex them for certain you'll see there can be no doubt which is which.

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alright then... got a looooong wait

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