New Tortoise rescue!

[demjor19]

I just got back from rescuing our new 7" juvenile Sulcata Tortoise (leaning towards female, but not 100% sure). It will eventually be housed with our current 10" male Sulcata. Until then, I will have the new tort in quarentine, to make sure she is healthy and parasite free. Here are two quick pics of her soaking in a warm bath.

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Nice rescue and smart move with quarantining her first. She has a darker shell then I'm use to seeing.

 

[Knowdafish]

Nice pick up. Has it been kept inside it's whole life? If so, that could be why it's so dark. Got some slight pyramiding going on there.

This is a buddies (Truman):

 

[dzb912]

whoa it has a very dark shell
its its pyramiding isnt too bad
not bad at all actually haha ive seen wayyy worse
good job

 

[andyjs]

Yeah, I've seen much worse pyramiding on sulcatas. That one does have a very dark shell. Good job on the rescue

 

[tennisboi87]

Shes very nice!The shell is a little dark but keeping her outside it should start getting back to the color of the pics above.Very nice, looks like my little girl!

 

[coura]

Nice rescue With some spineless Opuncia and Hibiscus that should get better

 

[johnson5585]

Very neat and thanks for the rescue efforts.

 

[demjor19]

Thanks everyone. I think the dark shell is just genetics...I have a slightly larger rescue Sulcata that has a much more blonde carapace. I'm also not to concerned about the pyrmiding...she's young and has a lot of time left for correcting it with a good diet and UV. She was already eating turnip greens and some romaine last night! I was worried she would take longer to acclimate. I'll update as we go.

Thanks again for the comments!

 

[reptech]

nice score