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Agreed, It doesn't appear to be overly healthy looking


'Or like the snow falls in the river,
A moment white, then melts forever'
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Looks like a sulcata to me . Some people it will never end will it.
 

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wellington said:
I'm not sure what it is. But looks under weight to me, skinny legs.

Hingebacks tend to have "skinny" legs.
 

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I wanted to hear all your opinions. My thought was a badly cared for sulcata that is deformed. This ad was posted before a couple of weeks ago. In the original ad it sounded as though the owner bought what he thought was a sulcata. Now seeing how the tortoise looks believes he got the wrong species of tortoise and he believes it's a hingeback. My thinking is he really believes this and does not realize his care was bad and therefore deformed the tortoise. As you see, he is trying to trade it for a sulcata or sell it for a few hundred because it is a "rare tortoise". This is all my opinion and I posted this to see what others thought.

I could be completely wrong though!!
 

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I don't know what it is either, but I really don't think its a hingeback. My first thought was a gopher, but I don't think they have the ragged edge. Its hard to see in the second picture, but I don't THINK there's a hinge above the back leg either. However, the face looks an awful lot like the face of the picture Jacqui posted.
 

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I am going by the face picture, but they are both too blurry to really see much detail.
 

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Yvonne, I thought the same thing. I could not see a hinge, though the pics aren't great. The face does look a lot like Jacqui's pic though.
 

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but if you look at the rear, it does look like it tucks in a bit. Also looks on the back edges like there is scalloping.
 

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Well, at any rate he needs a home if anyone is interested!
 

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Could be a very dry erosa. The yellow face would be good as well...
 

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Weldd said:
Could be a very dry erosa. The yellow face would be good as well...

Finally somebody who is seeing the same possibilities as me! :D

As to the rest of the ad, Erosa are not common, but I would not call them rare. The price is steep, especially considering what the animal looks like (and if he thought he had a sulcata, how he might have been caring for it). That being siad, me being me, I'd trade a sulcata for him, if I had a sulcata I didn't care for. :cool:
 

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Its not on there anymore. I am glad Jacqui posted a picture!!
He needs some loving care!
 

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It's on again. His ad was being flagged and he posted again this evening.
 
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