Pickles and Crusher

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Y'all are out of control! At work we wear what I refer to as adult Garanimals so regular clothes are jeans and shirts. For him it was always jeans, if he could have had a pair to workout in then he would have!

I KNOW people like that ( not me of course [emoji6]) & it’s not uncommon for a Texan to not own a single pair of “shoes”...
 

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I’m posting this picture of the underside of my two young tortoises so that I can look back next year and compare the changes. Crusher is on the left and Pickles is on the right. They are 1 year and 5 months old today..
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I’m posting this picture of the underside of my two young tortoises so that I can look back next year and compare the changes. Crusher is on the left and Pickles is on the right. They are 1 year and 5 months old today..
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I say Crusher is female, Pickles is male .
 

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I say Crusher is female, Pickles is male .

It looks that way now BUT Toretto looked very female when I brought him home. He was just between those two in size and he is undoubtedly all Male now[emoji13] I am still holding out that I have all males..

I think the size difference is relative to the their eating habits. Pickles likes everything and will eat a huge variety and leave almost nothing.. He moves his fake plants around often in his enclosure and will burrow in a couple different places.

Crusher is a bit picky and doesn’t eat as my much.. he also drags all his food into his water bowl while eating . He makes his enclosure pretty messy. He never disturbs anything else and only burrows in his hide.
It’s interesting to note their different personalities.
 

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It looks that way now BUT Toretto looked very female when I brought him home. He was just between those two in size and he is undoubtedly all Male now[emoji13] I am still holding out that I have all males..

I think the size difference is relative to the their eating habits. Pickles likes everything and will eat a huge variety and leave almost nothing.. He moves his fake plants around often in his enclosure and will burrow in a couple different places.

Crusher is a bit picky and doesn’t eat as my much.. he also drags all his food into his water bowl while eating . He makes his enclosure pretty messy. He never disturbs anything else and only burrows in his hide.
It’s interesting to note their different personalities.
That would be interesting watching the difference between the two.
 

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I can’t believe how much time I’ve let go since updating!!! So here it is...

Pickles- 7lbs14.1oz
Crusher- 4lbs 9.9oz
I see easily that pickles is moving out this spring.. :) a full year ahead of Toretto.. Crusher is still up n the air..

Slow n steady:))
 

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I can’t believe how much time I’ve let go since updating!!! So here it is...

Pickles- 7lbs14.1oz
Crusher- 4lbs 9.9oz
I see easily that pickles is moving out this spring.. :) a full year ahead of Toretto.. Crusher is still up n the air..

Slow n steady:))
Well slow and steady WAS how the tortoise won the race......just saying!!
 

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Pickles has gained a crazy amount of growth.. he weighed 9Lbs 6.2oz today!!!
Crusher is not stopping but she isn’t in a hurry either at 5lbs 5.1 oz..
Great looking crew. How old are Pickles and Crusher now?
 
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