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    What type of tortoise do I have?

    Hello, Just to add some friendly welcome to the conversation, your Totty and our Wander could definitely sit down and compare notes! Wander is an Eastern Hermann's who wandered (see where the name comes from?) into my partner's family's garden thirty years ago. She recently moved in with us...
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    Hello, and seeking help identifying tortoise type!

    Thanks both, that's very useful to know. I sew too and l understand exactly what you mean by that analogy!
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    Hello, and seeking help identifying tortoise type!

    Would you have any way of estimating her age?
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    Hello, and seeking help identifying tortoise type!

    Hello, thanks for contributing your experienced opinion! Glad to know so much more about her, and hopefully she'll carry on enjoying life with us.
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    Hello, and seeking help identifying tortoise type!

    Thank you for both the well wishes and the wisdom!
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    Hello, and seeking help identifying tortoise type!

    Thanks for the suggestion - why shouldn't one have injections done on tortoises?
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    Hello, and seeking help identifying tortoise type!

    Here are two photos with a measuring tape - about 25cm along Wanda's carapace, and 20cm along the plastron
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    Hello, and seeking help identifying tortoise type!

    Hello, I'm Hannah, I live in Dorset, in south west UK. My partner and I have just taken over care of his grandparents' tortoise. We have long been signed up for this, but were planning to have more time to prepare - unfortunately my grandma-in-law was hospitalised after a fall and long story...
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