He certainly is special to me! Not a lot of people around here keep tortoises and I'm really glad I can help kids learn about our cool friend torties. As long as his shell doesn't grow weirdly out of control, I'm fine with his unusual appearance.
So I recently received this young Hermann's tortoise and his carapace has an odd segmentation. I don't really mind as he is going to be used in an outreach program so being 'b grade' isn't a big deal, but the breeder won't answer my e-mails and I wanted to know if I should expect any unusual...