Nice looking pardalis. I am jealous.
And @Yvonne G - apparently you weren't feeling well. Glad you are back at the computer and apparently feeling better!
I had a bout with kidney stones earlier this year. Takes me a long time to get back in the swing of things after going under anesthesia, but I'm back up and running now. I've taken a couple new pictures of BenAwes. She weighs 8lbs. That seems like pretty slow growth, considering she weighed 4lbs in September '15.
I took these pictures off Ben Awes' original post a couple years ago:
Note the extra scute on the left front.
Then just a few minutes ago I took these pictures:
I thought sure he was going to be female because of the extra scute, but that's a pretty long tail and the anal scutes are starting to point outwards. Plus he's developing that elongated body shape the males get. Oh well.
@ben awes - You can disregard my PM asking about the lineage of this tortoise. I read back to your original thread on the SAs and was able to get my information from that.