ID my tortoise

[Weiyo!]

Hi guys, im new to tortoise and i just got myself 2 tortoise recently but im unsure of its species, can you guys help me id it? thanks!

 

[dmmj]

Star tortoise, nice looking one. I can't say which type of star it is though.

 

[Weiyo!]

oh i see, thanks alot!!

 

[bubbles01]

I am by no way an expert, (I'm usually asking questions not answering them!) but that looks like a star tortoise to me too!!

Welcome to the forum - there are some great people on here who no doubt will come along and give you better information than I can

Helen x

 

[Laura]

those are pretty special to get and not know what they are...
Were they given as a gift? someone didnt want anymore, did you buy them?
Please read up on thier care and ask all the questions you have...
People here can help give you the most recent, best care info.

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi Weiyo:

Welcome to the Tortoise Forum!!

May we know your name and where you are?

I'm guessing you are someplace in the area of Malaysia, Thailand, etc, and those type tortoise are pretty common in your area. The star tortoises are very expensive here in the states, and not common at all.

 

[dmarcus]

Hello and welcome to the forum...

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Welcome.

 

[Weiyo!]

hi and thanks everyone. my name is Bobby and i cant really say where im from as its illegal to own a tortoise in my country, small country in asia near malaysia. i read up about their caresheet on the net, seems like they eat flowers in the wild? is it ok to feed them lettuce most of the time? pardon my bad english. sorry.

 

[Weiyo!]

those are pretty special to get and not know what they are...
Were they given as a gift? someone didnt want anymore, did you buy them?
Please read up on thier care and ask all the questions you have...
People here can help give you the most recent, best care info.

i bought them, for around 50usd each.

 

[dmmj]

flowers are ok, lettuce in moderation. Spring mix is a good choice, it might be called rocket salad over there. No worries about telling us where you are we have quite a few members in your similar situation.

 

[Weiyo!]

im from singapore, flowers as food is hard to get, i dont have a garden or yard as im living in high rised building. could only get grocery greens and hays. what substrate would be good for them? too much substrate to choose from over the net and im very confused if its a indian/SriLanakan or burmese star tortoise. it got a carapace of a indian/srilankan buta plastron of a burmese. hope someone could enlighten me.

 

[Halcyon]

Wow! I was from Singapore too, I think I have done a search for 'Singapore' in this forum, and the results came back with a few star tortoise owners! So you are not alone, Weiyo!

I think what you are saying is that the plastron of your star tortoise does not have the star patterns, and so you think that is more 'Burmese' like?
For very young indian/sri lankan star tortoise, the star patterns on their plastron does not get developed until they get older. so I think it is likely that you have an indian/sri lankan, so wait a few years and peek below the plastron again!
Welcome, welcome!!

 

[Weiyo!]

ohh!! lol, that made me so confused.

 

[evlinLoutries]

Hello, and welcome to the forum..

It is a star tortoise, aka indian star tortoise or geochlone elegans..

 

[Weiyo!]

what substrate would be the best for my tortoise?

 

[laramie]

Welcome to TFO Your torts are very cute

 

[Yash Raj]

Not sure 100%. But,
Baby Sri Lankan Star Tortoise. 90%.
Baby Indian Star Tortoise. 10%.

Welcome.

 

[telong]

i think its an indian or sri lankan, aside from its common in our region, noticed some dark pigmentation on its head wc is not typcal for a burmese.

anyway, anything you need to know is here
am also new here and got 2 stars and they do good in our climate.

welcome

 

[pdrobber]

welcome