Leopard flares

[Elohi]

I'm just loving the "fender flares" that Beans has. They are much more dramatic compared to the other three.
Anyone know why marginal flaring is more pronounced in some leopards than others?



Here are the others:

 

[russian/sulcata/tortoise]

leopards are just stunning!

 

[Elohi]

leopards are just stunning!

I agree!
And I'm super biased and think I'm one lucky keeper to have 4 beautiful young leopards. And soon, I'll have a 5th! That egg is getting closer!!

 

[russian/sulcata/tortoise]

keep me up to date on the egg!!!!

 

[Jodie]

I don't have an answer, but those are beautiful leopards.

 

[russian/sulcata/tortoise]

what are the ages of the little guys?

 

[Elohi]

what are the ages of the little guys?

This is Summer. She is somewhere between 2.5 and 3 yrs old. @Team Gomberg when does she turn 3?



This is Beans, he turned 1 yr old last month. He and Summer are about the same size.


This is Beans clutchmate, Watson. Quite a bit smaller than his brother.



This one is Freckles, she is 4-6 weeks older than Beans and Watson.

 

[Levi the Leopard]

Summer hatched in April 2012.. so she'll be 3 in April.

Levi has the flares but Bumble Bee (summer's brother) did not.

 

[Elohi]

Summer hatched in April 2012.. so she'll be 3 in April.

Levi has the flares but Bumble Bee (summer's brother) did not.

An April baby! Now I'll remember
My birthday, my middle child's birthday, several family members, and my dog Echo's birthdays are all in April.

 

[ascott]

I often have wondered if the more flared torts are more prone to lay about more, the legs against the shell more during the laying around time...vs the ones that truck all over and don't laze about as much?? Again, not saying that is it...just have always wondered...you know like when you have a baby and the baby sleeps and their ears are folded between their head and the mattress, the ears then seem to stick out away from the head more than those babies who lay with a more flat ear....in the old days folks would gently swipe the ear smooth while the baby was sleeping to avoid this from happening...(just what I have been told by some old timers)....again, just wondering

 

[wellington]

I would love to know too. I love your theory ascott. Could it be a male/female thing? Seems my males are flared, but my two females are not very much. The one female is a year older then my male. The other female, can't really count, as she had a ruff start with her other owner and she is under sized and couldn't walk good when I got her.

With ascotts theory, my male would fit that too. He is lazier then the other two. Hmm, interesting.