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  1. Madfishflame

    Male or female cherryhead?

    That's a female. The flat plastron combined with the "U" shaped anal scutes are a dead giveaway. Males generally have a concave plastron (like a spoon) and "V" shaped anal scutes that are too narrow for eggs to pass through.
  2. Madfishflame

    Constant climbing and flipping

    In my experience, the younger ones climb much more than my full grown adults. Subsequently they flip over more often too. For an inside enclosure, I would remove the log and use artificial silk plants to make a humid hide. Your tort will love digging into the plants and best of all, there's...
  3. Madfishflame

    Smoke and tortoises

    I keep 5 Cherries in the Portland area. They live outside in the summer and were definitely stressed out with all the smoke in the air. They kept pacing around their enclosure and seemed very restless. I've not seen that behavior before. I think they sensed the forest fires and wanted to leave...
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