Age & SubSpecies please :)

burnt toast · 10-08-2014, 06:56 PM

I know no one cant be exact on age but this is a friends tort & it has been suggested she is a 2008 hatch, so approximate age guesses please. She is around 10 inches & a big girl (I am thinking TGG but thought they had pattern on underside of shell, maybe its faded with age?) many thanks

emma_mcraf · 10-08-2014, 06:59 PM

Hmmmm...it looks like a tort much older than a 2008 hatch to me. Such a smooth shell too!
Just due to the shell pattern fading I'd have said she was much more older. I'd hate to guess exactly how old though. I may be way out but I'd have said in excess of 20 years.

LonesomeGeorge · 10-08-2014, 07:17 PM

I would say much older than a 2008 hatch as well, I'd say around 25 years, and the faded markings, as Emma said, might be a sign of significant age.

sandy · 10-08-2014, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by burnt toast

I know no one cant be exact on age but this is a friends tort & it has been suggested she is a 2008 hatch, so approximate age guesses please. She is around 10 inches & a big girl (I am thinking TGG but thought they had pattern on underside of shell, maybe its faded with age?) many thanks

I would say originally wild caught and well over 20yrs old.

And in the last few months, has been on different diet, as the growth lines around the scutes is still white. Not noticeable when grown slowly:0)

**egyptiandan64** · 10-08-2014, 08:39 PM

It is a female Testudo graeca graeca

As everyone has said older than 6 years old

She has not grown in a very long time and the lack of black is because of age. She is most likely between 75 and 100 years old.

Danny

Suze65 · 10-08-2014, 08:42 PM

She's a lovely old girl .

emma_mcraf · 10-08-2014, 08:50 PM

She's just beautiful. 2008 hatch indeed!

Your friend is lucky to have her.

suttysue · 12-08-2014, 12:01 AM

Have to agree with Dan the Man she's a ripe old age certainly not a2008 hatchling !
I do love to see these old torts. I always wonder what they have been through in their many years coz they have done amazingly well to survive bless em,
Hhow luck y your friend is to have her.

10-08-2014, 06:56 PM	#1
burnt toast Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5,245	Age & SubSpecies please :) I know no one cant be exact on age but this is a friends tort & it has been suggested she is a 2008 hatch, so approximate age guesses please. She is around 10 inches & a big girl (I am thinking TGG but thought they had pattern on underside of shell, maybe its faded with age?) many thanks

10-08-2014, 06:59 PM	#2
emma_mcraf Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 11,365	Hmmmm...it looks like a tort much older than a 2008 hatch to me. Such a smooth shell too! Just due to the shell pattern fading I'd have said she was much more older. I'd hate to guess exactly how old though. I may be way out but I'd have said in excess of 20 years. __________________ Emma Testudo Hermanni 5.12.2:Theo, Tamara, Tabitha, Harriet, Isabelle, Clara, Oscar, Hugo, Oliver, Florence, Arabella, Esmé, Aurelia, Felicia, Claudia, Atticus, Celestia, Amaris, Tristan and Clementine Budgies: Jasper, Ivo, Otis, Henry, Louie and Luca Doggies: 1.1.0 Chester and Lottie

10-08-2014, 07:17 PM	#3
LonesomeGeorge Member Hatched Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Reading area Posts: 252	I would say much older than a 2008 hatch as well, I'd say around 25 years, and the faded markings, as Emma said, might be a sign of significant age. __________________ Owner to Florence, my beautiful testudo Horsfieldii, one absolutely mental Golden Retriever and a rather independent cat.

10-08-2014, 08:39 PM	#5
egyptiandan64 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: USA Posts: 14,171	It is a female Testudo graeca graeca As everyone has said older than 6 years old She has not grown in a very long time and the lack of black is because of age. She is most likely between 75 and 100 years old. Danny __________________

10-08-2014, 08:42 PM	#6
Suze65 Senior Member Adult Join Date: May 2012 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 6,769	She's a lovely old girl . __________________ Suze. 3 THB, Sammy, Jemima, & Phoebe 7 Marginated, Tabitha, Ptolome, Tatiana, Noah,Lottey, Lulu & Poppy 1 TGG (Emma) RIP Feb 2012

10-08-2014, 08:50 PM	#7
emma_mcraf Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 11,365	She's just beautiful. 2008 hatch indeed! Your friend is lucky to have her. __________________ Emma Testudo Hermanni 5.12.2:Theo, Tamara, Tabitha, Harriet, Isabelle, Clara, Oscar, Hugo, Oliver, Florence, Arabella, Esmé, Aurelia, Felicia, Claudia, Atticus, Celestia, Amaris, Tristan and Clementine Budgies: Jasper, Ivo, Otis, Henry, Louie and Luca Doggies: 1.1.0 Chester and Lottie

12-08-2014, 12:01 AM	#8
suttysue Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: UK / Eng / Yorkshire Posts: 1,483	Have to agree with Dan the Man she's a ripe old age certainly not a2008 hatchling ! I do love to see these old torts. I always wonder what they have been through in their many years coz they have done amazingly well to survive bless em, Hhow luck y your friend is to have her.

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