My turtle and tortoise rescuing days spanned about 40 or 50 years, up until the beginning of 2020 when I decided I'd had enough. Greek tortoises are not common in my neck of the woods so consequently very few of them came through the rescue. And those that did looked very similar to our native desert tortoise - just a different body shape.
So I was very amazed when I joined the Forum and started seeing Greek tortoises with beautiful patterns on their carapaces. Up until then all I had seen were plain grey bodies. Why? What made all my rescued Greek tortoises plain, drab grey and all the Forum's Greek tortoises have tan/brown patterns?
I don't have pictures because this was prior to digital.
So I was very amazed when I joined the Forum and started seeing Greek tortoises with beautiful patterns on their carapaces. Up until then all I had seen were plain grey bodies. Why? What made all my rescued Greek tortoises plain, drab grey and all the Forum's Greek tortoises have tan/brown patterns?
I don't have pictures because this was prior to digital.