emysemys said:Just to be sure there really is only one eye, dab some antibiotic opthalmic ointment on the missing eye three times a day for a few days. If its just injured and stuck shut, this will help it heal and open. If nothing happens, you'll know for sure the eye is gone.
Tom said:Yeah, I've heard the same thing, just wondering if some of the long term breeders can verify it. I don't have enough breeding experience either. I've never produced a split scute.
Neal Butler said:Nice pics Kenny, did you get those at AZ Reptile Center? They always have really good tortoises from time to time.
One of my eggs that just hatched was incubated in the mid eighties and has irregular scutes. They mentioned at the TTPG conference that split scutes happen when incubated at all types of temperatures.
Not sure if it counts but my male star has irregular scutes, only 4 mid lateral scutes(?) instead of five.