Worlds largest cherry head

[pacific chelonians]

I have acquired two new female I Cherry Heads to my group from my experience and what I’ve seen online I have never seen two that are this big I believe that they are cherry heads they have a black plastron and some marbling on the shell when I say they are huge and one of them is 15 inches and the other one is 15 1/2 maybe 16 inches they both weigh around 16 1/2 pounds I am not saying these are the worlds largest just haven’t been able to find any credible evidence of any larger specimens

 

[Maggie3fan]

Holy cats! They are as pyramided as Sulcata...

 

[pacific chelonians]

Sadly I had no control of that I got them when they were 20 years old

 

[conservation]

Awesome finds!

 

[pacific chelonians]

Thank you always looking for a male to round of my group

 

[KarenSoCal]

Holy cats! They are as pyramided as Sulcata...
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This certainly looks like someone getting into trouble!

 

[Maggie3fan]

Sadly I had no control of that I got them when they were 20 years old

I totally understand...after all, I have Mary Knobbins who was very badly pyramided when she was given to me...
Mary is on my far right in the photo...most Sulcata given to me are pyramided...

this is Mary now about 3 years later...

So believe me...I did not mean any insult...

All my Sulcata have been pyramided

 

[Maggie3fan]

This certainly looks like someone getting into trouble!

The rats chewed a hole in the fence and Houdini is determined to get out...hahaha

 

[Toddrickfl1]

I think most of the cherry heads in the pet trade now days have some northern blood in their genetics and vice versa northerns have some cherry head blood in theirs.

 

[manyworlds]

I have acquired two new female I Cherry Heads to my group from my experience and what I’ve seen online I have never seen two that are this big I believe that they are cherry heads they have a black plastron and some marbling on the shell when I say they are huge and one of them is 15 inches and the other one is 15 1/2 maybe 16 inches they both weigh around 16 1/2 pounds I am not saying these are the worlds largest just haven’t been able to find any credible evidence of any larger specimens

My female cherry head is 15 inches and 18 pounds. She lives on thr floor, goes to the beach, and has a big backyard.

 

[pacific chelonians]

Wow that is a decent rival do you have photos

 

[DoubleD1996!]

Thick

 

[manyworlds]

Y

Wow that is a decent rival do you have photos

Wow that is a decent rival do you have photos

July 2021 This is Gracie at 7 years old. I measured her shell from underneath. 15 inches.

 

[pacific chelonians]

Y



July 2021 This is Gracie at 7 years old. I measured her shell from underneath. 15 inches.

Looks like a redfoot what does the plastron look like

 

[Jan A]

The rats chewed a hole in the fence and Houdini is determined to get out...hahaha

Ok, we'll be making sure he can't dig under any fence, border or cement, Maggie.

 

[manyworlds]

Looks like a redfoot what does the plastron look like

 

[pacific chelonians]

Yep I think that is just a redfoot cherry heads have black or marbled plastrons photos for example

 

[Yvonne G]

Not a Cherry Head.

 

[turtlesteve]

Don’t Bolivian bloodlines also have black plastrons like cherryheads? Perhaps these big ones have some Bolivian blood in them?

 

[pacific chelonians]

It is a possibility but I don’t believe they do compared to my Bolivians