My Hermanns Pair

[Tortuga_terrestre]

Check out the pair I picked up.....

The female

The Male

The Male is huge...almost or not bigger than the female.

 

[Eweezyfosheezy]

They are stunning!!!

 

[dmmj]

Are they new? any eggs yet?

 

[Tortuga_terrestre]

Are they new? any eggs yet?

Yeah I picked them up today..hopefully this summer I get some eggs. What subspecies do you guys believe they are? Im leaning more towards Dalmations...

 

[JoesMum]

A pl;astron shot of both will help with subspecies.

 

[GBtortoises]

Are they new? any eggs yet?

Yeah I picked them up today..hopefully this summer I get some eggs. What subspecies do you guys believe they are? Im leaning more towards Dalmations...

From the top they look like Dalmatians, Testudo hermanni hercegovinensis. Can you post photos of their plastrons? That would tell for sure.

 

[Tortuga_terrestre]

Here are pics of the plastarons....this should determine if they are indeed dalmations?
Female:

Male:

 

[GBtortoises]

Unfortunately the photos posted kind of small but based on the plastron photos they both may be Easterns, not Dalmatians. Can you post a close photo of the shell bridge area just in front of their rear legs?

 

[Oogway]

beautiful hermanns!

 

[tortadise]

Those are nice!

 

[Tortuga_terrestre]

Im having problems with Photobucket...this is the best I can do.

 

[GBtortoises]

Yes, they are both Dalmatians. Real beauties too!

 

[Tortuga_terrestre]

Yes, they are both Dalmatians. Real beauties too!

Cool! Yeah they are pretty awesome...it was worth the trip.

 

[Tortuga_terrestre]

I cant believe it!!! She layed eggs today. Im going to let them incubate in the ground.

I soaked her in warm water after she layed. I felt like a midwife lol

 

[dmmj]

NO don't incubate in the ground, WHY?

 

[Eweezyfosheezy]

You lucky dog!!! ha ha but I would incubate them but if you dont have an incubator and dont want to buy one then I wouldnt.

 

[Tortuga_terrestre]

NO don't incubate in the ground, WHY?

Her previous owner incubated in the ground without issues... They are in a secure enclosure. Plus I dont want to ruin the eggs by incubating incorrectly.

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You lucky dog!!! ha ha but I would incubate them but if you dont have an incubator and dont want to buy one then I wouldnt.

HAHAHA! I was worried about her this afternoon..she was breathing kinda hard. But I didnt expect for her to lay! After laying she walked away like a robot...stiff... looked like her legs were going to give out.

 

[Eweezyfosheezy]

NO don't incubate in the ground, WHY?

Her previous owner incubated in the ground without issues... They are in a secure enclosure. Plus I dont want to ruin the eggs by incubating incorrectly.

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You lucky dog!!! ha ha but I would incubate them but if you dont have an incubator and dont want to buy one then I wouldnt.

HAHAHA! I was worried about her this afternoon..she was breathing kinda hard. But I didnt expect for her to lay! After laying she walked away like a robot...stiff... looked like her legs were going to give out.

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ha ha how long did it take her?

 

[Tortuga_terrestre]

NO don't incubate in the ground, WHY?

Her previous owner incubated in the ground without issues... They are in a secure enclosure. Plus I dont want to ruin the eggs by incubating incorrectly.

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You lucky dog!!! ha ha but I would incubate them but if you dont have an incubator and dont want to buy one then I wouldnt.

HAHAHA! I was worried about her this afternoon..she was breathing kinda hard. But I didnt expect for her to lay! After laying she walked away like a robot...stiff... looked like her legs were going to give out.

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ha ha how long did it take her?

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30-45 mins... Im not sure how many eggs she layed; You can only see 2 in the picture.

 

[CactusVinnie]

Wonderful tortoises and what a luck! Congrats!
Keep in mind that these ones came from a narrow seashore areal wich is quite humid (about 800mm/year) and not by far so hot like S-CA. Be careful to supplementary water and maybe offering some patched shade to the nest area, since Hercegovinensis have the lowest range of temperature incubation of all Hermanni.