If your sexing of them is correct , maybe i know the reason !!

Did the male hump the female ? Raming her to a corner all the time ?
A newer picture will be best - focus on the lower half of the bottom ( tail , hind limbs with claws )

Cheers

If your sexing of them is correct , maybe i know the reason !!

Did the male hump the female ? Raming her to a corner all the time ?
A newer picture will be best - focus on the lower half of the bottom ( tail , hind limbs with claws )

Cheers

How do humping & raming cause one to be smaller in size? The male will only push the female away during feeding time.

I have attached the only suspected humping pic I have (took by my gf).

Due to the obvious size difference, I always let the female eat first for about 10 minutes before I entice the male to eat. It is easy to do so as the male is much shy as compared to the female who will always crawl to the food first..

I will show the latest pic tonight.

Tq for your advice, SAMPERTH..


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Ok here's why
At 6" ( if he is really a male ) he is more than ready to mate - if he is a sex addict he will try mate non-stop !!

And if your female is really a girl or even otherwise ( girl at 5" is not quite ready ) being chased , rammed n humped , stress will come to be - stressed one will grow slower or not at all and ...... Sickness in the end !!
Before anything , let's try to sex them properly first !!
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Uh Hi all, I am new in tortoise, can help me details what tortoise eat?

Answer depends on species or where they are from !! If you feeding pellets then no worries !!

If you name us a type you keeping or intend to keep we try help from there ?

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Double post !!

This post has been edited by SAMPERTH: Apr 5 2013, 06:12 PM

lol im not really sure what my tortoise type is, i just found it my backyard, help her from my angsa lol. its a female tortoise, maybe just kampung tortoise

Mostly likely turtle - malayan box ( try search net for picture )

Most local species will eat banana and papaya , kang kong for green !! Depending on species will need some meat or seafood to do well !!!

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thanks for, luckily i got so many papaye tree on backyard. i think that is why she went there. anyways thank you

Hi SAMPERTH,

As promised, pls find all the attached pic.

Pls help me to sex them accurately.

Thanks a million!!


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Thanks for the pictures - i am 100% your big one is a girl and is almost ready for breeding ( usually first start to drop egg 7-8" )

While the smaller one which looks like a girl COULD be Male ( longer tail - boy like ) !! The plastron opening where the tail is has lost its ( inverted V ) BUT the plastron is quite flat( girl like ) ??? So i only dare sex it 60 % boy - do monitor its behaviour over the next couple of months ( if it is a boy he will or should have start ramming the girl )

In indian star tortoise world girl (10-13" or more ) will grow up bigger than Boy ( 8-9" max )

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Just for comparison !!

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OMG!!! Are you sure?

All along I thought it was the opposite because:

1) That was what the seller and the vet (from zoo negara) told me;

2) Plus from the pic whereby the bigger star seemed to be raming the smaller star as well??? I attached the pic in the earlier post;

3) The anal scutes of the bigger star is a sharp v shape;

4) The bigger star has concave plastrons

On 27th July 2012, their length is 13.5cm vs 11.8 cm

On 06th March 2013, their length is 15cm vs 12.2cm

I attached another pic so that u can see the tail of the smaller star clearer.




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beautiful star u got there

Now I am sad.. I mix up their gender all this while..

Hi SAMPERTH,

For your info, Pic 1 - 2 is the smaller star; Pic 3 - 5 is the bigger star.

Pls help to see clearly again of their gender.

Thanks a million!!

aiya small case only la..sifu already help u clarify..

i got no tortoise more sad than u


btw did u got urs from Mars King ?

This post has been edited by kyox88: Apr 7 2013, 01:55 AM

From this pic the long claw may say its a her instead !!

So pic is hard to say , i need to hold it feel it to be 100% sure !!

You did mention the plastron a bit concave - thats not the best way to sex ( if kept incorrectly some male can have flat plastron or female can also have slight concave )

Cheers

Now I am more

So now u r saying the smaller star is female as well? Compare to the bigger star, this smaller star has a thick tail.

How can I be 100% sure?

Sorry to bother you again..