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Did you try taking away his cell phone?

I’d say female, and needs her claws filed.

My Burmese star definitely does. My western Hermann's definitely couldn't care less.

I can tell you for absolute certain that hawks are interested in tortoises in some circumstances. One day I was standing under our covered patio watching my platynota walking around my backyard when suddenly a young red tailed hawk swooped down with talons extended trying to get him. I yelled...

So they’re kind of like chickens? I’ve always only had male torts in the past... Thanks!

My western hermann’s just laid an egg today. She turns 4 years old next month. She’d been listless and off her food over the past week and I had been worried she was sick. The only other tortoise she’s been in contact with since birth has been my (several months under 4 yrs old) male Burmese...

I purchased a baby Sri Lankan star from Chris Leone a few years ago. Sadly the poor little thing arrived upside down in the package shipped from NJ to CA and it was listless and in decline from the day I received it. (I understand this is a different fact set). Three weeks later it died...

Platynota hands down. :cool:

She's growing quite a bit!

230 grams at 18 months (And she's the western subspecies!)

She's a Western Hermann's from the Apulia region, with many thanks to Chris Leone!

Thanks. I've been told that I'm the product of a New Year's Eve party when my folks were celebrating the fact that my Dad just passed the California Bar Exam. Apparently the holidays beget quite a lot of September babies...!

Q. How can you tell if your tortoise is gay? (not that there's anything wrong with that) A. When he's humping your leg he goes for 'the reach around'.

It's because you're actually a giant strawberry! ;)

True, but in the wild what % don't even make it through the first year? I don't want to experience those odds. The first year is such a precarious one that I'm fine with a little coddling, but in general I agree with Wegehaupt's approach once the tortoise is a bit more established.

Don't run over your good looking tortoise with that car though! ;)