Recent content by WithLisa

Only one additional scute, that happens quite often, nothing to worry about. I'm sure she will grow up to be very beautiful and healthy (and maybe even a little straighter). :)

I like mediterranean plants, especially lavender.

300g should be big enough for sexing, so... it's a girl! :D

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: Gonna give me nightmares...

I've had Hermanns for many years but I've never seen a penis in real life - let alone such a behaviour. :eek: I also have quite a few aquaintances with male Hermanns, they were shocked when I showed them pictures. :D Maybe Hermanns are less "hormonal" than some other species?

Oh. :D That looks like paint residues to me. Most breeders mark their babies shells (with numbers or whatever) to keep them apart and of course they use some kind of marker that is very resilient and hard to rub off. Just let it be, I bet it will disappear little by little over time.

I'm sure you will give him a much better home. :D

It's a Hermann's. :)

What happened to the embryo, is it still alive?

Do you mean this one? Looks indeed like a healed little injury to me. Nothing to worry about. ;) A beautiful little boy(?) by the way! :<3:

When choosing plants for the enclosure I mostly prefer the "wildtype" to fancy varieties, but it's probably not much difference if you feed hibiscus with pink or blue flowers.

I was always warned to never let them cross because the hybrid fruits can be poisonous (especially if they taste bad)? It's even in the newspaper every now and then. o_O

Wild caught. And... hmmm... maybe about 12 years old now?

Some Testudo kleinmannis never even get so big! And my Eastern Hermanns are 4 years old and still smaller than 4". :D But yes, I've also seen this rule - and a few others that make no sense to me (like "no hibernation before they are at least 5 years old" or "no hibernation if they didn't...

I've seen a breeder that was very good at sexing her own Hermann's hatchlings (not others!) and she was almost always right. But she had only one breeding pair and had studied their offspring for many years. So maybe there really is some kind of difference you might see with lots of experience...