Hi: I've had little Gibby since May of 2013 - he fit in the palm of my hand and had the last vestiges of an egg tooth when I got him.
He's the first and only tortoise I've ever known as a baby, and learned everything about care here on the forum (and THANK YOU to all of you who have helped me through each agonizing decision- you KNOW who you are!)
Now, about 1.5 years later he's heavy and active and "knows" me apart from my husband, who he is also fond of sitting with and interacting with, but in a very different way than he interacts with me... so I know he somehow recognizes us as individuals- probably by smell according to the wonderful herp vet we see.
OK- here's the part about "please help"... We recently adopted 2 rescue baby rf's from absolutely horrible conditions, and they are clearly siblings, and they are very clearly A DIFFERENT SHAPE than Gibby.
I'm uploading pictures of Gib. Is he too wide and flat? I mean too wide and flat as in he has some sort of condition or type of problem that will manifest later and result in poor health or something?
Our other 2 babies are "humped" looking, and yes we got them with severe pyramiding already, but Gib is smooth and wide and not humped and very flattened-out looking compared to the two babies, and to another adult male 30 years old who is kept by a friend of ours.
Let me know what you see in these uploaded photos from a couple of weeks ago, please?
Thanks so much in advance,
Karen (worried tortie mommy even after 1.5 years of raising baby Gibby)
He's the first and only tortoise I've ever known as a baby, and learned everything about care here on the forum (and THANK YOU to all of you who have helped me through each agonizing decision- you KNOW who you are!)
Now, about 1.5 years later he's heavy and active and "knows" me apart from my husband, who he is also fond of sitting with and interacting with, but in a very different way than he interacts with me... so I know he somehow recognizes us as individuals- probably by smell according to the wonderful herp vet we see.
OK- here's the part about "please help"... We recently adopted 2 rescue baby rf's from absolutely horrible conditions, and they are clearly siblings, and they are very clearly A DIFFERENT SHAPE than Gibby.
I'm uploading pictures of Gib. Is he too wide and flat? I mean too wide and flat as in he has some sort of condition or type of problem that will manifest later and result in poor health or something?
Our other 2 babies are "humped" looking, and yes we got them with severe pyramiding already, but Gib is smooth and wide and not humped and very flattened-out looking compared to the two babies, and to another adult male 30 years old who is kept by a friend of ours.
Let me know what you see in these uploaded photos from a couple of weeks ago, please?
Thanks so much in advance,
Karen (worried tortie mommy even after 1.5 years of raising baby Gibby)