Need identification help

[cosmically]

Hi!
I found this tortoise in my backyard the other day and would love to know what species it is. Also any guesses on the age, gender or tips on taking care of it would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi, and welcome to the Forum!

Chances are pretty good that this is someone's escaped pet. Put up fliers on the utility poles in your neighborhood and go door-to-door asking if anyone has lost a tortoise.

I'm not good at I.D.ing the greeks and hermanns tortoises, but it's one or the other. We can send a shout-out to @HermanniChris He's very good at it and can tell you for sure what you have.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

a Greek?
I know little about these.
Agreed. escaped pet.

 

[cosmically]

Thank you so much!
I've already tried that, no luck so far. We're giving it to a shelter if we can't find them soon, I was just curious

 

[ZEROPILOT]

If the owner can't be found, it's possible that a good new owner can be located here.
What is your location?

 

[bouaboua]

That is a pretty little thing. I hope you can find the owner soon or you can learn how to take care of this pretty little one. Good lucky and best wishes.

 

[WithLisa]

A beautiful old Greek!
It could have escaped a long time ago and wandered quite far, did you contact the police or shelters (or whoever is responsible for lost pets in your country)?

 

[JoesMum]

Looks Greek to me. Could you post a picture of the plastron (undershell) and tail for clarity please?

 

[Jacqui]

Love his head marking.

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

Hello

 

[HermanniChris]

It's a Greek tortoise for sure (Testudo graeca graeca).

 

[JoesMum]

Age is impossible to tell by the way as they all grow at different rates

 

[WithLisa]

Knowing the growth rate wouldn't help anyway, it's at least 20 years old, I guess over 30, but it's really hard to estimate.

For sexing we need a picture of the plastron.

 

[Speedy-1]

Hi and welcome !