Vegas is a he,,,,,yeah..Graphic pix...

[dmarcus]

Okay so I was very worried that Vegas might not be a male because his plastron is not really concaved, but today while we were outside we saw him acting funny and to mine and my wifes surprise, he was showing his man hood. So with my wife screaming "what is that" I ran and got the camera...

My wife almost lost her breakfast over this experience..

He was making some pretty crazy faces and stood up high on three legs with the 4th off the ground..

Hope you enjoy...lol

 

[GeoTerraTestudo]

Seems like male torts do this shall we say "idling behavior" kind of a lot. Vegas doesn't seem to mind getting soil on his.

 

[OllieInAZ]

Impressive.

I've been fortunate that thus far Amun has been discrete about his manliness.

 

[Fernando]

He's collected a good amount of dirt today...I guess we can all use a good scratch now and then

 

[dmarcus]

He had been digging in his burrow and the sprinklers came on so he was muddy, and yes he didn't seem to mind getting dirt on it...

 

[SnakeyeZ]

Dirty dirty dirty!

Nice looking tortoise... do you have to worry about it retracting with all the dirt and pebbles on it?

 

[dmarcus]

Dirty dirty dirty!

Nice looking tortoise... do you have to worry about it retracting with all the dirt and pebbles on it?

I am thinking it cleans itself as it retracts, but I have no clue...Pretty nasty and dirty if not..

 

[SnakeyeZ]

Dirty dirty dirty!

Nice looking tortoise... do you have to worry about it retracting with all the dirt and pebbles on it?

I am thinking it cleans itself as it retracts, but I have no clue...Pretty nasty and dirty if not..

Yeah... who knows. I agree... pretty nasty if it doesn't.

 

[Fernando]

I'm sure they do it in the wild...who knows what they bring back with them

 

[SnakeyeZ]

I'm sure they do it in the wild...who knows what they bring back with them

Yeah I was thinking that as I was typing that.

 

[dmarcus]

I'm sure they do it in the wild...who knows what they bring back with them

Yeah I was thinking that as I was typing that.

Yeah in the wild they would probably get all kinds of stuff on it, lol

 

[Tom]

ITS A BOY!

Congratulations.

 

[dmarcus]

ITS A BOY!

Congratulations.

Thanks Tom, no more worrying for me...

 

[superpooper]

He was making some pretty crazy faces and stood up high on three legs with the 4th off the ground..

Haha! Don't you mean 'stood up high on 5 legs?'

 

[dmarcus]

He was making some pretty crazy faces and stood up high on three legs with the 4th off the ground..

Haha! Don't you mean 'stood up high on 5 legs?'

Now that comment just made my day...Yep I guess it would be on all 5 legs...

 

[CtTortoiseMom]

WHOA!

 

[dmarcus]

WHOA!

You should have heard my wife screaming "what is that" it was funny..

 

[ChiKat]

Blech...

Congrats ? haha

 

[Maggie Cummings]

Blech...

Congrats ? haha

Blech? haha that sounds like Lucy. Made me LOL...

 

[dmarcus]

Blech...

Congrats ? haha

Blech? haha that sounds like Lucy. Made me LOL...

That's funny, made me laugh also...