22-02-2009, 02:30 PM | #11 |
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Aghhh, don't know why they are coming up tiny!
Thanks for your comments, I was hoping for a common easy breed. Guess it's a more complicated rare one? Don't suppose anyone knows how to age a tortoise? I can't find any info on the forum? Bindi, I have no history on him/her prior to my aquiring him 19 years ago. He was fully grown then and found wondering along the middle of a road by my friends who knowing me to be a passionate animal lover brough him to my house. Subsequent attmepts to find the owner failed and we've been together ever since. |
22-02-2009, 03:26 PM | #12 |
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I think he is in fact a she? It is a Graeca, they're not exactly rare, but not as common as say Hermans or Horsfields. I keep Testudo Graeca Iberas, yours is a Testudo Graeca Graeca so a different subspecies. Ibera's tend to be easier to get hold of. The common name for both is a Spur Thigh.
Do you hibernate your tort? If so, I'd be interested to know how you do it? I have to tell you again how utterly wonderful I think she is! By the way, I wouldn't worry about her being complicated, you're obviously doing a fab job of looking after her |
22-02-2009, 03:30 PM | #13 |
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Hi Amy,
What a stunning well grown tortoise you have, the plastron shots are a bit too small for sex ID, can you try and post them again. I love the story how you happened to become life long friends. I suspect he must be at least 30 to 40 years old if he was fully grown before you got him.
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22-02-2009, 03:53 PM | #14 |
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I posted the small pics exactly the same way I posted the big one and that one turned out nice and huge. Does anyone know what I may have done wrong? I can then try and get it right.
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22-02-2009, 03:57 PM | #15 |
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here's one
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that's better
I say female.. but I know very little |
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think i've cracked it. Because I put too many in one post!
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