The Russian tortoise, like most tortoises, is relatively difficult to distinguish between sexes during the larval stage. Usually when they grow to about 15 centimeters, they will be roughly distinguished according to their body size, the different shapes of their tails and plastrons, and the distance between their excretory holes and anal shields:
Under normal circumstances, the body size of female turtles is partial to round, while that of male turtles is narrow and long; The tail of the female tortoise is short and thick, and the tail of the male tortoise is long and thick; The female's plastron is flat, while the male's plastron is hollow; The distance between the female excretory orifice and the anal shield is closer, while the distance between the male excretory orifice and the anal shield is farther.
The Russian tortoise male and female can be raised together. Their size is small, as long as the feeding space can meet their free activities, they can be raised together. They occasionally like to live in groups and seldom fight. But for the newly bought turtles, they need to be raised separately for a period of time to observe whether they have abnormal conditions, and if not, then put them together. Usually put together to raise the tortoise, the size difference can not be too big, to the mating period, need to pay more attention to the state of the male tortoise, to avoid it to the female tortoise caused by biting damage.
