I've been taking care of 3 Pancake tortoises for about 7 years now. Two are 9yrs old (#68 and #53) and the largest is 14 (Stanley).
After viewing posts on this forum, I believe they are all males. I'll include pics for confirmation (Stanley also has slit opening near tail tip but was difficult to photograph).
Until last week, I had not sexed them, but I had to separate Stanley from the others years ago due to aggression. So I had suspected that he at least was male.
I feed them 3 times a week. It's a mix of collards, soaked alfalfa pellets, Repashy Grassland Grazer, and a bit of green pepper and yellow squash. They are on a Ca, Ca+D3, and vitamin rotation (something I researched a while ago, don't recall source). I also put in a few cuttlebones over a year ago, because their beaks look overgrown to me, but they have not used them.
Basking spot is 95F. I use Reptisun T5 H0 10.0, about 2' above them.
68 & 53 live in a roughly 40-gallon exhibit, with sand/peat mix substrate and piled slate rocks. They get to bask and browse outside a few times a month.
Stanley is an outreach animal and lives on newspaper with various hides. He gets outside more often.
They always have access to water. I do not try to increase humidity in their enclosures.
Suggestions for husbandry improvements are very much welcome.
After viewing posts on this forum, I believe they are all males. I'll include pics for confirmation (Stanley also has slit opening near tail tip but was difficult to photograph).
Until last week, I had not sexed them, but I had to separate Stanley from the others years ago due to aggression. So I had suspected that he at least was male.
I feed them 3 times a week. It's a mix of collards, soaked alfalfa pellets, Repashy Grassland Grazer, and a bit of green pepper and yellow squash. They are on a Ca, Ca+D3, and vitamin rotation (something I researched a while ago, don't recall source). I also put in a few cuttlebones over a year ago, because their beaks look overgrown to me, but they have not used them.
Basking spot is 95F. I use Reptisun T5 H0 10.0, about 2' above them.
68 & 53 live in a roughly 40-gallon exhibit, with sand/peat mix substrate and piled slate rocks. They get to bask and browse outside a few times a month.
Stanley is an outreach animal and lives on newspaper with various hides. He gets outside more often.
They always have access to water. I do not try to increase humidity in their enclosures.
Suggestions for husbandry improvements are very much welcome.