Golden Greek Photos and questions?

[Tortoise]

Hi
After waiting a few days for them to settle down I just took photos of my new Greek trio.
You will notice some shell damage in particular on the female-that area is a little risen compared to the rest of her shell-is this normal after healing from damage? (like a risen scar?)
My females heads are different shapes to each other-the darker girl is blunter in shape and the lighter one is more arrow shaped-is this a normal difference or an indicator of a possible different origin?

You may notice the runny nose on my male too. He is being treated.He arrived with his right nostril runny and sticky but clear.

I asked questions of origin in a previous post and some of you thought it may help by posting plastron shots so I include these too.
Thanks
Darker female

Dark female head

Light female head

Dark Female plastron

Dark- left, light- right

Light female plastron

Male head shot(complete with runny nose)

Male

Male plastron

Shell damage on female

Whoops I need to post head shots to show the different head shapes on females-I'll add them soon.

 

[Yvonne G]

Those are some mighty pretty tortoises. The females' carapaces (with the exception of that one spot) look perfect!

 

[Tortoise]

Those are some mighty pretty tortoises. The females' carapaces (with the exception of that one spot) look perfect!

Thanks Yvonne-I am really pleased with them.I hope the girls lose a bit of shyness.I'm sure they are just settling in. I love the patterns and colours on the male too.
Does a damaged spot usually look a bit higher rather than smooth-hard to see on the photo, but the damage is raised up above the rest of the shell.

 

[Yvonne G]

That's because underneath the damage, new bone and keratin is growing. Eventually, may be years from now, that damaged spot will flake off and new stuff with be there in its place.

 

[Tortoise]

That's because underneath the damage, new bone and keratin is growing. Eventually, may be years from now, that damaged spot will flake off and new stuff with be there in its place.

Ok Thanks-the new stuff underneath seems to be hard already below the original shell surface.
Thanks!

 

[Mao Senpai]

The shell will heal up just fine, as for the runny nose.. it may just clear up or take a long while to heal up.. its a stubborn thing, just gotta keep up with the antibiotics and make sure it stays away. These also look like... the http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Antakyan-Greek-Tortoise#axzz1dVrrxyvg lebanese ones...

 

[Cherbear]

The females have very pretty shells.

 

[Tortoise]

Thank you for the comments.

 

[kimber_lee_314]

Beautiful! Are you sure they're golden greeks? They look like a different subspecies to me ...

 

[MatrixDJ]

Very pretty tortoises!! I hope they work out well for you!!

 

[SpeedyGontortoise]

Very Pretty. Love the darker colored female.

 

[Tortoise]

Hi
Thank you everyone for the comments.
The darker female is getting more confident, need to now wait on the lighter female as she still hides most of the time.
the male still has a runny nose but is acting quite normally aside from that.
He is more active and eating, moving around etc.
So overall I think they are settling in to their new home at last.
Thanks again!