Turbo and I would like to say hi to everyone.

[thadividedsky]

Hello and welcome. So glad you and Turbo found each other. BTW, just want to forewarn you, Turbo is probably a girl.

Oh....I had to go back and re-look at the pictures. Split scute, of course!!

What is a split scute?

 

[Jacqui]

Welcome! What an amazing and heart warming story. Good job, no great job!!

 

[Yvonne G]

If you look at the second picture, you can see an extra scute towards the back in between the dorsal scutes and the coastal scutes.

This means the tortoise was incubated in a higher temperature, causing more females to be hatched in that clutch.

(a "scute" is each individual little design on the shell)

 

[thadividedsky]

I want to thank everyone for their replies. I really appreciate the kindness and information.

 

[thadividedsky]

If you look at the second picture, you can see an extra scute towards the back in between the dorsal scutes and the coastal scutes.

This means the tortoise was incubated in a higher temperature, causing more females to be hatched in that clutch.

(a "scute" is each individual little design on the shell)

Ohh, I noticed the extra scute (new word for me). So this means my sully is a girl?

 

[free2bme78]

Hello and welcome. So glad you and Turbo found each other. BTW, just want to forewarn you, Turbo is probably a girl.

How can you tell?

 

[free2bme78]

Hello and welcome. So glad you and Turbo found each other. BTW, just want to forewarn you, Turbo is probably a girl.

Never mind already answered! In that case I think my peanut is a girl too!

 

[Zamric]

Welcome to the Forum!