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Old 15-10-2014, 10:20 PM   #1
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Default help identify and age / sex my collection of torts

first 5 pics is one tort





the next pics are my little ones





next pics are other big tort

next pics are other tort

other tort

another tort


would be very great full for identification and rough age please thank you

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Old 15-10-2014, 10:26 PM   #2
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this is one tort

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Old 15-10-2014, 11:02 PM   #3
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Well done Dan, makes me look like a nut case.
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Old 16-10-2014, 01:04 AM   #4
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The first tortoise is a female Testudo graeca ibera

The next 3 tortoises are all females and Testudo hermanni boettgeri

The next tortoise is a female Testudo graeca ibera

The next tortoise is looking male and is Centrochelys sulcata

The next tortoise is a male Testudo horsfieldii

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Old 17-10-2014, 12:59 PM   #5
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Any idea of age please
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Wasn't trying to make you look like a nut case Wendy

Ages are very hard to tell unless it's a wild caught animal.

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Old 17-10-2014, 04:25 PM   #7
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My old 75+ year old mated with the ibera top pic and a hermans boettgeri the eggs of the boerrgeri were laid on 17 sep and now show lots of vains and tiny tort and there were 2 eggs the ibera laid 4 eggs on 1 oct and no veins yet. What do people think also that sulcata is 2 years old how big will he get
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Old 17-10-2014, 04:53 PM   #8
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My old 75+ year old mated with the ibera top pic and a hermans boettgeri the eggs of the boerrgeri were laid on 17 sep and now show lots of vains and tiny tort and there were 2 eggs the ibera laid 4 eggs on 1 oct and no veins yet. What do people think also that sulcata is 2 years old how big will he get

Sulcata grow huge, large enough for a child to sit on easily (not that I recommend this) they can dig 30ft holes in the ground as they use scrapes to shelter in. They will need a concrete house and expensive heating most of the year, depending on where you live. And need very secure fencing if they don't have enough space, as they will plough through fencing.
This is all normal for a sulcata.
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Old 17-10-2014, 04:59 PM   #9
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Good job you did this thread as suggested. So it would seem you don't have female Marginateds or a female Horsfield, but the old Hermanns Boettgeri mated an Ibera and a Hermanns Boettgeri, and its the HB's eggs that look fertile.

What is the width of the table slats as he looks pretty big already compared to them?
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Old 17-10-2014, 05:24 PM   #10
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The table slates are 4 inches wide and also does anyone think its bad that the male has mated with them 2 torts also do you think the babies will be normal or Deformed and roughly when will they start pipping
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