About Yexalen Expertise I am experienced with the care, lighting, heating, breeding, sexing, species identification, and general keeping of mostly aquatic turtles. I also have experience with tortoises and land turtles and can certainly research any question that I do not know the answer. I can not answer medical related questions as I am not veterinarian certified. I prefer not to answer questions on animals that you or somebody else has taken out of their natural environment unless the animal was in danger, ill, or injured.
Experience I have owned six aquatic turtles and have been researching turtles for several years. I have been on several question and answer sites under this category. I also have started up a web site focused on reptile care with a portion of it for turtles.
Education/Credentials I have been around turtles sense a very young age and always found them fascinating and because of that it has lead me to researching day after day, reading book after book, and finding endless amounts of web sites with information.
Question how can you tell male /female(painted turtles)
Answer Hi Charles,
Males have long front claws and females have short front claws about the same length as their back ones.
The Male will also have a thicker longer tail then the female
The bottom shell of the male will be slightly curved inward or concave to allow for mating
The Male's cloaca (anal opening) is positioned further toward the tip of the tail where the female's cloaca is up near the shell futher away from the tip.
You wont be able to tell the gender until 4 inches long when they start to develop these traits and become sexually mature
