Because turtles have a long life and are easy to raise, many people like to raise turtles, but do you know whether you are raising a male turtle or a female turtle?
First of all, we can judge by observing the appearance:
1, body size: for most kinds of adult turtles in that year, the female turtles were round and thick; The male turtle is thin and small.
2. Tail shape:
The female tortoise tail is thin and short, and the tail base is thin;
The male turtle has a thick and long tail with a thick root.
3. Forepaw nails: the female turtle is short and the male turtle is long.
4, the carapace: the carapace of the female turtle is short and wide, and the carapace of the male turtle is long and narrow.
5. Abdominal shell: The center of the abdominal shell of the male turtle is slightly concave inward, and the two anal shields of the abdominal shell form a deep notch with a small angle.
The carapace of the mother turtle is flat, with no depression in the center, and the notch formed by the anal shield of the carapace is shallow and the notch angle is large.
Whether the abdominal nail is sunken or not can be easily interpreted as male and female. The male turtle has obvious depression and the female turtle is flat.
6. Abdominal pattern: The pattern on the abdomen of the male turtle is sparse; The female turtle has dense patterns on her abdomen.
7. Whole body color: When the male turtle matures, the whole body turns black; The color of the female turtle is still brown.
Second, judging by the smell.
The male turtle has a strong smell, while the female turtle has a weak smell.
Three, according to the position and shape of the drain hole to judge:
The spawning hole of the female turtle is close to the rear edge of the abdominal shell, and the spawning hole is located in the abdominal shell, and the hole shape is round; The vent hole of the male turtle is far away from the rear edge of the abdominal shell, and the vent hole is located outside the abdominal shell, showing a long hole shape.
Four, shiatsu method:
Press the turtle's limbs with your fingers so that they can't protrude, and its reproductive organs will protrude from the reproductive hole. This is the male turtle.
While pressing the turtle's limbs with your fingers so that they can't stretch out, the drainage hole secretes liquid, which is the mother turtle.
Five, according to the performance of the breeding period to judge:
When mating, the tortoise takes the posture of male above female. In order to avoid slipping off the shell of the female turtle during mating, the belly shell of the male turtle is slightly sunken, just enough to catch the protruding back shell of the female turtle. But the mother turtle doesn't need this structure, so her navel is flat. As long as you turn the tortoise over and touch the range of the abdominal armor with your fingers, you can quickly tell the male from the female.