I have 5 adult Sri Lankan stars. Four females and they all have some sort of pyramiding. My male however is the smoothest shelled tortoise I have ever seen.
I think it was just a matter of my adults maturing. i have four females and only two have laid eggs even though they are all around the same age. And I have seen my male mating with all of them at some point or another but I guess only the two were ready this year. I haven't changed my...
I have not noticed much difference in thicker rays from different mothers. They all seem to come out random. However there is a noticeable size difference in the hatchlings from one mother to the next. Hatchlings from one female were much bigger than hatchlings from my first female. The eggs...
Adults. First pic is my five adults. Male is the small guy on bottom left. Second pic is my male and the two mothers of this years hatchlings. Last pic is a view from my patio looking out into their enclosure.
A few photos of my "incubator" I usually have a clamp lamp suspended above the incubator but it's been so hot down here lately that just the regular heat from the lamp has been enough.
Thank you all very much. To answer a few of the questions... I have four females and one male. I have been looking for another adult male for several years now with no luck. I live in Hawaii and Sri Lankan stars are not easy to come by over here without dealing with shipping and animal...
Last year I hatched out my first ever Sri Lankan star torts. My female laid three eggs. One was infertile the other two hatched. This year two females laid a total of seven clutches. And so far 12 out of 12 eggs have hatched with 6 more incubating. It's been an amazing year to say the least. 1...
thanks guys for the input. i really appreciate all of the help. I kept hoping it would be a male just because of his size. he is the smallest out of the five. lol and yes when he flashed me yesterday i have never been so happy to see a males sex organ in my life.
so i was taking pictures today and this happened. This is number E from my previous post. everybody said female but then this happened, to me it looks like a penis but i just want confirmation any help would be greatly appreciated. if it is a male that would be excellent seeing as how i have...
Here are some more pics of star #A. He/she is 5 inches SCL and just under three years old. its my biggest star. maybe these pics are a little better angles.
hello everyone thank you for looking. my name is matt and i am on oahu. These are sri lankan stars. B and C are just under four years old. A, D, and E are just three years old. A, D, and E, are from Mr Douglas Beard and B and C are from the kranzes. Here is a pic of all of them A-E in order of...
Hey i have a group of 5 sri lankan star beauties, incubated for three females and two males, any help in determing sex would be greatly appreciated. Two are from the kranzes in wisconsin and the other three are from douglas beard in florida, all excellent people and very knowledgable.