These guys love "Curley Endive" as a treat when outside in the summer..



A couple of summers ago.. before the female hit a growth "spurt".. can you tell which one SHE is? { I do have a lead on a couple more females - you know what that means [ I hope ] - anyone knowing of mature females.. let me know please } This is a 4.1 group..



This is the breeding colony that my little group came from. They were part of a large goup confiscated around 12 years ago [ to the best of my knoweldge.. maybe Danny has insight on that also.. actually it was probably closer to 20 years ago ] so these are all 25-40 years old.. the "owner" speculates..



Mature breeders..

Male


Female


Check out the size "extremes"! Showing the largest female and the smallest male. The wear on the plastron's indicates mature/older tortoises!



Again..



Read the unedited/updated submission to Reptiles magazine for the Jan '08 publication.. http://www.turtletary.com/Stars/TKilgore...tarDoc.doc

Anyone learning anything?


Terry

This post was last modified: 01-17-2008 09:42 PM by Redfoot NERD.

LOVE those pictures! I want one! Maybe one will sneak into Buck's box without you knowing! ROFL!

In the second pic is she the one in the far Right hand corner closest to the bottom of the pic? great pics terry as always.

That's what I like about Robyn.. she pays attention! And with torts there's no stress.. huh?

Terry

This post was last modified: 01-17-2008 09:27 PM by Redfoot NERD.

What is the weigh of the female who laid egg?
Your couple is very beautiful, above all the female. I prefer females for their round form...they are fantastic
How many eggs she laid?

Davide I do not use or feel I need scales.. I just noticed that she weighs more now that she is of breedig "age".. although I seldom "handle" any of my torts.

Two eggs laid.. as described.

Terry

Thank you all the same. I control often the weight of some tortoises (above all G. elegans and Kinixys belliana belliana and other swampy turtles) so I used to talk about weight.

When I look at stars, they are awesome. They look like if a Florida box turtle had a baby with a leopard tortoise.

The 'Alpha' 5/2000 male..





How about his main squeeze?..





Seen enough?

Terry

Wow Terry! I've got stars in my eyes