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Byron, your raised-bed gardens are as impressive as your herd. Well done.

"My, what a long tail you have", said Little Yvonne Riding Hood. "The better to confuse you with", said Leonard, the abberant-scute, incubated-for-female leopard tortoise.:)

I think I understand. I still have the little Cherryhead you gave me a few years ago, I find it to be a great little creature. It's grown well, but is still too small for me to sex definitively yet, at 6". I couldn't bring myself to let it go when I moved my female redfoots last month. It has...

Ed, I'm sorry to read of your change of plans, but so life goes. We try to set our direction, but life steers the course. I wish I had known of your intentions as I just rehomed my two nice females last month in order to focus on my leopards a little more. I would have been pleased to pass...

Gorgeous tort, and busting with new growth. Exciting times! Thank you for your service in our Army.

Mine pick around it when offered. Sneaky!

Sorry for the loss of your friend, Greg. Don't beat yourself up. Some things are out of our control. Most, in fact... Be well.

Great looking gal there. Looks like she has a couple of zig-zag, or mis-scutes on her back end? Just adds to her charm.

I got a kick out of this story, and the pic of your yard. It seems torts n' trees isn't as unique as I may have thought...:rolleyes:

I was told that there was, in fact, a larger, dominant male in the group this one came from.

Despite the pic of some doodads sticking out? @Yvonne said it's "definitely a penis". @wellington, yes, a leopard. And heavily pyramided, so definitely a dryer start. On a similar note, what is the recourse when a purchased animal turns out to be the wrong gender? I did not set any...

Here you go Neal. I'm somewhat enjoying trying to turn this guy into a girl. Do any of these help?

Thanks Neal, have a look at what I just responded to Byron, if you would, and maybe a second look at the "flash" pic. I agree with you wholeheartedly, I bought this tort for that exact reason.

I thought the same Byron, but what I'm seeing there looks anatomically like a male, albeit, much smaller.

To add to the story, this tort is a recent acquisition, that after quarantine, was placed in my yard with my 15 y/o female and 3 y/o (hopefully) female. They have all been together about two weeks now. It has shown zero interest in the smaller tort. I have seen some following and nudging by...