They all look like girls, so early in the game. They will all be girls until the tail grows almost overnight or you get a peen flash during a bath. They are still too small for an accurate sexing.
Thanks for the pics, it is really cool to see what a “native” cherry looks like! Most of what we see are captive bred in the states or those recent imported farm bred cherries. She is a beautiful girl!
Not me, I hatched one rather colorless one and kept it for kicks. Let me dig through the yard and see what he looks like now. I generally breed for high colors.
Lose the pineapple. Generally it takes them up to two weeks to settle in. I don’t know much about inside set ups, but the temps, is that the ambient temp or the temp of the substrate? How little is your tortoise? When they are recently hatched, they need very specific conditions.
What is the ambient temp? Where are you located? Babies need more attention to ambient heat and humidity to thrive. Your enclosure seems a bit open to keep the humidity up and the heat in where it’s needed.
Spot on with the advice. The antifungal cream is merely athletes foot cream. Sometimes on sale at Walmart for $.88 a tube. Should clear up quickly, you caught it early.
As you guys can probably tell, weekends are my preferred time to take pics of my torts. Here are some more of the adults. Not sure why the reds are so saturated in the pics. I know mine are red but the pics are exaggerating the reds. i took a video to see if the reds changed color in the video...
This is what I mean when I say you can see the potential in hatchlings. Sorry, I couldn’t take pictures of the adults. By the time I got home, the adults were bedded down already. You can see the differences with the hatchlings.
They will darken up and look like normal adults, their areolas May be larger than normal but areola size is something that can be spotted in hatchlings
It’s been a whiles since I’ve posted any of my torts. Here are some of my cherries. Mostly took pics of the babies we are growing up, plus the adults were still hiding. Enjoy dorking out to new pics of cherryheads of all sizes. It was a mazuri morning.
I got this one blinking. It’s one of the...
You have one of the most inspiring yards that balance torts and bonsai. I’m glad you are back to the forum. I’m going to try to make more time to contribute as well.
Northern prices are variable throughout the country depending on availability. Cherries (us bred and raised) on the other hand seem to command a higher price than I have seen in years, aside from the recent imports.
Great read! Pics help tremendously, the torts look wonderful! The bumpiness May be the initial care of the careless breeder. I would have strong words with them...when did you have a second baby?!? Congrats!
You better post pics or we will break up! It has been too long. I have always advised that keepers reach out to other keepers in their neck of the woods. The USA has so many different climates and temps (much less the rest of the world)...I’m in south Florida so what works for me won‘t work for...