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aww i wish i could look after it, im an optometrist, maybe its an eye thing lol i had a fish with no eyes

Ahh fantastic thanks guys both really helpful comments. I think I'll leave it a while then Im not going to sell (or breed for the foreseeable future)

WOW how did u get such fantastically clear shots?! lol looks like a boettgeri to me to.

RE: Western Hermann's vs. Eastern Hermann's lol i kno what u mean i put an id of my tort bella for a t.h.hermanni confirmation which i got right but she turned out to be a he which was a shocker lol so i re-named him Henry :) not had him too long so i dint get too used to calling her/him bella...

RE: Western Hermann's vs. Eastern Hermann's yea for sure i like to double check to. to me the markings appears defined but the bands appear 'blotchy' on the plastron and no definite keyhole. im gonna stick with boettgeri as the appearance of the carpace does not seem to have the same...

Hi guys, Snoopy is now 4.5 inches (over 100mm) I am in the uk and have my CITES paperwork. How do I go about getting him microchipped?? I am lost as this is my first time, any info will be greatly appreciated Thanks :)[hr] BTW do I need to microchip if im not going to sell them, im in the UK if...

RE: Western Hermann's vs. Eastern Hermann's definitely looks like a boettgeri to me, but im no expert, I have a t.h.hermanni. is the pectoral scute suture longer than the femoral scute suture?

Im with Danny :D he seems to know what he's talking bout lol!

He certainly looks like a t.h.hermanni going off chris's thread

Oooo yea he does look a lot like mine doesnt he :S his markings make him look like a t.h.hermanni too. Are you sure he is a boettgeri? lol or a cross? oo that has confused me lol have u got a pic of him from behind a pic of his bum I would love to see the back scutes if you can, :) but :S lol

Hey paige yea ur lil ones plastron markings seem very black and defined breaks at the scutes similar to mine. wat does the carpace look like? any photos?

o ok, I think i will rename him HENRY now im told he's male lol

YAY :) Thanks danny! sorry bout the blurryness of the pics. Do you know if they are rarer out of interest? because the lady i was speaking to abruptly shut me up lol and went off on one...

Thanks Paige :), I dont know, the plastron of the T. h. boettgeri in chris's thread (http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-5753.html) looks very different to this one, here are a few more pics without flash as requested danny. Hope this helps, the strips on the plastron are really only broken up...

hey ed do you know if its a testudo hermanni hermanni or another subspecies? Thanks :)