Male Yellowfoots can be pretty dominant for sure. Two of my basin males were very very dominant at a young age too. I have seen females get aggressive too though. That's why Yellowfoots can be super tricky to sex. Also many of them display both male/female physical characteristics. Not much data out there of the yellowfoot research in the giant basins versus the smaller sized specimens. But I do know Peter Prichard and few others that have seen and done studies in situ claim that the basin are always very very very difficult to assess sexual cractersistics based off tail and anal scutes. The size and shape typically depict the massive ones. Males will will stay smaller and more elongated where as females will tend to be much more round and Girthy and weighing much more than the males. I have some photos of the parents my 2 basins came from. They're distinguishable for sure. But obviously massive in size. I'll see if I can find the pics of the parents.I've seen my females hump each other but he seemed to really be going after it with his neck extended, mouth open and making those "barking" sounds. Do males do that to show dominance?
I'm a sneaky moderator lol. Most adult specimens at this farm are very very large 26-39" specimens. Very rarely are they imported into the U.S. because other nations dont have a 4" rule. So it costs them more to raise them to 4"(about 2-4 months) to meet US import regulations. Anyways blah blah. Yeah they're quite big indeed.Just noticed the guy on the right is giving the bird with a smug smile . Ha-ha only you Kelly could try and put that one past us .I see everything ! Haha
They're definilty not mammoths by any means. But perhaps they grow semi slow and hit spurts into mature adulthood kinda like Manouria do. Slow steady not to say growth, and one day it's an oh wow "he got huge" factor. Who knows. So little in situ data on the Giants. You either offspring or mammoths. Haven't seen any in betweens. I've made contact with another keeper that got some from the same bunch that was imported in 2005. His are around same size. A couple are bigger. But they're wuite pyramided too. So hard to establish when and if these will get mammoth like the parents above. I sure hope so. Yellowfoots are a cool species. Even better if they're really large.First off, Good impulse! I don't think I could have walked past that, and the price is good too. As great a species as denticulata are, they have for some reason not been a 'popular tortoise'. No comment on sex, you'll have to wait to see. Two of a species is probably about the most difficult number to keep in one enclosure. One will always seek to dominate the other and create what might be thought of as 'proximity stress'. Sometimes a third will work out to confuse the issue, but 5 or more works better yet. I hope you do get some breeding when they are big enough.
@tortadise any chance we could see how yours are looking, from this source in Peru?
Yep. When I was at Daytona 3 years ago. Saw a huge 24" or so female yellowfoot for 325. Didn't get it because I wanted to check everything out first. Well it was gone when I ventured back to that table. Good deals should be purchased immediately. That's how I see it now.I would consider $100 each for Yellowfoot to be a steal.
Nice find.
Every reptile event I've gone to has always SUCKED!