haha, that is funny, so smooth and round.
Show us ur smooth shell tortoise .
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Smooth tort incoming...
Today, Spike is one year old!
Today, Spike is one year old!
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What species of tortoise is this?
And are those scrolls really that visible? That's astonishing.
He is a Greek tortoise.
And I know, I was surprised to see how visible the swirl patterns are! They look really nice on him!
He’s not perfect, but I figured I’d post here 
Looking good. How have you raised him?
2 of the sulcatas I had: 
They look good Ken. Is the the bigger one captive bred?
To my knowledge no. Back story with her; I picked her up a the Portland Oregon Reptile Show. I’ve been going to this show about the last 10 years, so I just go. I was carrying money for a planned pancake tortoise and these folks wanted $500.00 for her!! I had never paid for any of the sulcata I had except a hatchling from Tom, (that’s the smaller one) I checked and she certainly was a female the couple gave myself and wife at the time some space and we figured $200.00 was a fair price to save her ending up with some “wing nut” might get her and not provide properly for her. We said $200 and they said yes they were hoping to sell her to us.
She has worn scutes as if from a burrow but I figured she’d be bigger.
Raised in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho they were moving to Santa Barbara and just didn’t want the extra hassle. ???
Very very smooth!
Almost 10 months! We got him from Tortoise Supply last October, and he's been doing very well so far!
Sorry, I thought you said "how long have you raised him?". We have coco coir bedding, some hides, heat lamps, water dish, just the basics. It helps that he lives in Southern California (OC) where it is warm (and mildly humid) most of the year.
His diet consists of weeds (dandelions, cats ear, hawksbit, plantain, etc.) and grocery store greens that we change out every few weeks or so when we run out (red leaf lettuce, green leaf lettuce, spring mix, endive).
Not perfect but pretty smooth
Looks like a pretty strong cutie pie!
Saw these, and thought of this thread. Beautiful shells [emoji33]
(Not my tortoises)
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(Not my tortoises)
Credit : https://www.instagram.com/emysclaw
I wonder if those are wild raised. I had a couple imports that I think were quite old that were smooth like that years ago. I regrettably sold that pair a long time ago
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I think you mean 'wild caught'. I agree. The one on the left has been in captivity for awhile though. You can tell by the growth of the vertebral scutes.
The larger of the two is old and worn and probably past the point of growth to any further degree.
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Indeed I did mean wild caught thanks!
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