Hey everyone, i recently got another tort, its another yellow foot, but this time its a male. His name is Oliver. I am using pictures of my first female yellow foot Olivia. I have some observations and thoughts on my head, since i havent seen much detailed info on yellow foots, i would like to post these pics here to see what we can find out... so here we go...
the first thing i noticed was the color, Oliver is more like real yellow, while Olivia has a slight orange tint. Then the frontal lobes (not sure what the correct term is) over the eyes, they are both definitely yellow foots since they are separtate, but Olivers front lobes are more separate and of a different shape, while Olivias are rounder and closer together and she also has a very small colored area in front of the 2 lobes.
notice also that Oliver has a darker skin color, and his nails are very dark almost black, while olivia has clearer nails and her skin is lighter... Also, Olivers shell has darker tint near the joining of the scutes, while Olivia has a lighter color in this area.
Oliver also seems to be way more resistant to infections, not sure why, his shell also is shinnier and has a glossier look, not sure if this is because of his age or if its a genetic difference.
I think most of the differences i have outlined are independent of their gender... I say this because i was shown two male yellow foots before i bought Oliver, and the other male was identical to Olivia, and also had carapace/infection problems. I chose Oliver because i did not know how common these torts where, so I choose the one that i hadnt seen before, also i didnt want to have to treat another tort wich infections, it would have been too time consuming.
So what do you guys think? any other differences you notice? any thoughts or answers? thanks for reading!
the first thing i noticed was the color, Oliver is more like real yellow, while Olivia has a slight orange tint. Then the frontal lobes (not sure what the correct term is) over the eyes, they are both definitely yellow foots since they are separtate, but Olivers front lobes are more separate and of a different shape, while Olivias are rounder and closer together and she also has a very small colored area in front of the 2 lobes.
notice also that Oliver has a darker skin color, and his nails are very dark almost black, while olivia has clearer nails and her skin is lighter... Also, Olivers shell has darker tint near the joining of the scutes, while Olivia has a lighter color in this area.
Oliver also seems to be way more resistant to infections, not sure why, his shell also is shinnier and has a glossier look, not sure if this is because of his age or if its a genetic difference.
I think most of the differences i have outlined are independent of their gender... I say this because i was shown two male yellow foots before i bought Oliver, and the other male was identical to Olivia, and also had carapace/infection problems. I chose Oliver because i did not know how common these torts where, so I choose the one that i hadnt seen before, also i didnt want to have to treat another tort wich infections, it would have been too time consuming.
So what do you guys think? any other differences you notice? any thoughts or answers? thanks for reading!
