I’m about to take in a pair of Herman’s tortoise and I already have a eastern Herman’s myself. I don’t want to mix them if they’re different types so just wanted to ask a second opinion but I’m leaning towards eastern possibly Dalmatian?
Unfortunately I dont other than she was an owner surrender. It does look like something could of restrained her shell as it was growing particularly on the top of her shell
Since I got her at night I let her sleep in her enclosure to rest up in the drive home so I wasn’t able to see if she was able to walk or not. My plans are to monitor her the next few days and keep her isolated. I also do plan on keeping her as an example for others to see what improper care can do
Hi I wanted to share some pictures of this sulcata I just rescued from a shelter that has extreme MBD. It sad but amazing how resilient these guys are as we all seen some with pyramiding and MBD but is the worst one I’ve seen in person out of all my rescues. It amazes me that apparently it 10...
The two that have a little red should be fine and in a couple weeks their plastron will be fully closed. After soaking those two you can try to offer them food once they’re warmed up the one still hatching out or still need the warmth and humidity and won’t be moving as much until it’s yolk...
Are their yolk sac fully absorb on the ones that hatched out? Looks like you’ll have to place them all in an incubator setup as they need and the warmth and humidity to finish hatching and absorb their yolk sac. You can give them a soak in warm water on the ones that are fully hatched out and...
That super cool! I would bring the babies indoors and raise them up as it starting to get cold outdoors here in SoCal and “candle” the last egg with a flashlight to see if there anything in there, if so definitely place it in a incubator if you have one