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I hear sounds from my splooshy sounds from my turles cage and I decide to take a look at him/her. Then I see some crazy shit. He/she shits something out then sucks it back in. What the hell is that all about?
>> Anonymous
...what, back in his ass?
>> Anonymous
yeah
>> Anonymous
Hemipenis. Male reptiles evert their penises when they shit and then retract them back into the cloaca.

Dumbass.
>> Anonymous
>>206621
if you're so smart, why are you on 4chan?!
>> Anonymous
Because I've nothing better to do while I sit in my reptile room and make sure my female Argus monitor doesn't kill her new mate.

Your excuse?
>> Anonymous
I'm actually fairly sure that turtles don't have hemipenes. Also OP doesn't even know if its a male.

OP is your turtle box turtle? If so you can do two things to figure out what sex it is. If the plastron (bottom shell) is concave and the cloaca extends the the back of the shell or farther, its a male. otherwise female. (Double bonus eastern box turtle males have red irises)

I'm not sure what you saw, but once again I'm almost positive that (at least box turtles) don't have hemipenes.
>> Anonymous
thank you internet hotshot
>> Anonymous
sorry, I should clarify the cloaca part. If the tail is extended and the cloaca is at or beyond the edge of the carapace, its a male.
>> Anonymous
>>206621

I didnt' even know that. I've only ever had female turtles.
>> Anonymous
>>206632
Yeah, they do. I've bred the shit out of box turtles for re-release into the wild since I was a kid. Chelodians have huge ones, actually.

Fail for failing to consider that young males almost always lack a curved plastron. And if OP doesn't know what the hell its gender is anyhow, he sure as fuck won't know what he's looking for when he starts trying to examine tail length and vent location for a positive ID on gender.

Make it easy--Assume OP saw a hemi, and OP takes his pet to a vet or specialist store to have it probed to find out if it's a boy or a girl. I'm willing to bet my blue tree monitor on hit being a male, though, whatever species it is.
>> Anonymous
congrats, you have a male.
>> Anonymous
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>>207438

forgot image. this is my turtle...hes a real trouble maker.
>> Anonymous
>>207439
That what scientists refer to as a "dong".
>> Anonymous
>>207439
holy fucking shit