Woo hoo and I don't make those offers anymore!!!lol My beloved sister keeps changing the sex on my animals, so now nobody will hazard a guess to be wronged by the Nazi Moderator! But going on the previous correction using the long tail, this ornata used to be hers, I rescued this animal from her! The NM said it was a female...but now she used the long tail red eye thing to change my long term female to male...so using her freakin logic (granted it was after her accident and she was out of her mind on pain killers) using her logic this female must be male with the long tail, no red eye no green head...??? I sure don't want them breeding...somebody help me...Butta-face?????
Gee Mags, I got excited for a sec.....don't get those questions anymore....
Sry guys, it's 3AM and it's all I got.....
. . . and he's NOT an ornata! Terrapene carolina triunguis.thanks. Glad to hear, I was wondering how 'Eddie" was gonna breed any of the females 3 legged tho. Now all the sudden my creep of turtles has changed...2 ornata males...one on 3 legs and the other like a dried up prune, he lived with the same woman all his 20 years, then she decides she's tired of buying canned cat food just for him...so she takes him to the pet shop that buys my birds and gave him to them. omg...I shake my head in frustrationView attachment 330518
he has a very pretty and colorful face...but he's still stressed and afraid of me...
View attachment 330519 I'll get a better face photo later...
Hey Maggie, Yvonne‘s not just changing the sex of your animals, now she’s changing their species too!?. . . and he's NOT an ornata! Terrapene carolina triunguis.
This is a younger male, but the longer tail (cloaca placement outside of carapace circumference) is evident...it also tapers more gently and stays meaty. In the females there is a bump where the cloaca sits closer to the body (wide enough to stretch and pass eggs), then the tail is abruptly tapered to a delicate peg.Nothing like consensus from the top talent to convince you.....
Okay guys, with just the 1st 2 pics, what did you observe to base your very fast conclusion that she's a she? Educate someone who wants to know.....please and thank you, as always.
He's ornata actually years of cat food and no water made him look desiccated and colorless...Three-Toeds are so heroically able to live through anything. No doubt you'll be best buds in no time.
Pah-leeeze! You're arguing with ME? The Nazi Moderator? The see all, know all of all things living and dead? I have no idea because I can't see the back feet, but do me a favor and have a look at how many toes that little turtle has on its back feet.He's ornata actually years of cat food and no water made him look desiccated and colorless...
Nope. lol Neglect can do a lot of things, but it can't change your DNA.He's ornata actually years of cat food and no water made him look desiccated and colorless...
NO!!! he's got 6 toes on his back feet...Pah-leeeze! You're arguing with ME? The Nazi Moderator? The see all, know all of all things living and dead? I have no idea because I can't see the back feet, but do me a favor and have a look at how many toes that little turtle has on its back feet.
Ha ha ha!! Three on each foot!!!NO!!! he's got 6 toes on his back feet...
You know me too well!Ha ha ha!! Three on each foot!!!