pic of skute looking for an estimated age
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How about a picture of the entire tortoise?
I would say 8 or 9 years
wowza really
I agree they are much older then you were told. We can only guess but there is no way a year old or so would look like that.
Crush da Baum
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By the way. Measuring growth rings will not tell you how old your tortoises is. That is a myth.
Looks like a wild caught, adult. At least 9-10 years old.
Not a myth. Just not a failsafe way to age a tortoise. Most tortoises do develop regular growth rings. The seasonal temperatures and different foods available at different times create rings that most often are extremely regular, even in captivity. Once over 15-20 years it becomes almost impossible to use, and with extreme wear, it also can be hard to discern. But it can be amazingly good for estimating the age of a tortoise its first 15 years or so.
Yes. I'd guess over 10.
And it also looks like you got the wrong substrate and wrong care info. Not your fault. This is typical of pet stores. Check this out:
The Best Way To Raise Any Temperate Species Of Tortoise
I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies and care for adults? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. What is...
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Probably 8 or nine the scutes show that the people you bought him or her are wrong
