WHAT IS THIS??

[immayo]

They can go away but it's a good thing, so keep doing what you're doing! I know when my hypos first developed them I thought it looked ugly/weird until I found out they were something positive. You probably won't notice them as much once your little guy starts getting bigger and darkening up.

 

[Killerrookie]

They can go away but it's a good thing, so keep doing what you're doing! I know when my hypos first developed them I thought it looked ugly/weird until I found out they were something positive. You probably won't notice them as much once your little guy starts getting bigger and darkening up.

Did you say hypos???

 

[Kelly71]

Hi,
What is a hypos? lol Thanks

 

[Killerrookie]

The coolest thing I've seen in a tortoise! Go check out Jeffs little creations of amazing work! He's known on here as N2TORTS.

 

[kirsty Johnston]

Like @Turtlepete i have always known them as growth

 

[immayo]

Did you say hypos???

Yes, I have 4

 

[Kelly71]

Hi,
I might be missing something but...what are hypos? Thanks

 

[immayo]

Hypo is short for hypomelanistic meaning, like albinos, they lack melanin which makes the dark color of a regular redfoot's shell. This in turn will make the shell develop lighter colors like yellow, orange, tan, and white. They do not have red eyes like a true albino though.

Here's my thread for pic examples:
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/immayos-redfoot-herd-thread.72297/page-12#post-1100976

 

[Killerrookie]

Hypo is short for hypomelanistic meaning, like albinos, they lack melanin which makes the dark color of a regular redfoot's shell. This in turn will make the shell develop lighter colors like yellow, orange, tan, and white. They do not have red eyes like a true albino though.

Here's my thread for pic examples:
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/immayos-redfoot-herd-thread.72297/page-12#post-1100976

I'm so jealous right now.

 

[Kelly71]

Hi,
I see. lol I really have no idea what Sunny is yet? lol I was told he could also be a mix of the 2? lol

 

[immayo]

From the shell I thought Sunny looked like a yellowfoot tortoise, but I'd have to see her nose scales to be sure.

 

[christinaland128]

Your Tort looks like a circuit board! That's the CoOLeST thing!

 

[Kelly71]

Hi,
I was told he/she does have the colour scale on the end of the nose? So kind of funny what is it mix? It is to small to see in a pic? But also has the 2 long ones before that? What do you mine buy looks like a circuit board? lol

 

[mikeylazer]

You have a yellowfoot no doubt. No mix no hypo mix that does not exist. Just a yellowfoot.

 

[Kelly71]

Hi,
Oh thanks I thought someone told me to go to this site Check out HYPNOTIC TORTOISES on FBand there were lots of
mixes of the 2? Are you saying there is no such a mix of the 2 out there? Thanks

 

[mikeylazer]

Hi,
Oh thanks I thought someone told me to go to this site Check out HYPNOTIC TORTOISES on FBand there were lots of
mixes of the 2? Are you saying there is no such a mix of the 2 out there? Thanks

There is no hypo mix?.. If a tort is hypoluecistic it lacks pigment. It cant be half and half its not a different species. Yellowfoot and redfoot mixes are said to exist but are EXTREMELY unlikely and most often resemble red foots coloration more than yellows. What you have is a yellowfoot tortoise. Trying to think it is a mix is not going to change what you have. Your tortoise is a Yellowfoot.

 

[Turtlepete]

Hi,
Oh thanks I thought someone told me to go to this site Check out HYPNOTIC TORTOISES on FBand there were lots of
mixes of the 2? Are you saying there is no such a mix of the 2 out there? Thanks

All of the "morphs" such as albino (various sorts) and hypo (various sorts) are results of genetic abnormality. Mostly, there is no such thing as a mix, and your tortoise is most certainly a yellow foot (or redfoot, no head pics have been posted, and no solid identification can be made from blurry carapace pics..?)

Now, there are "paradoxes" that seem to appear in snakes. I'm no geneticist, so I'm not entirely sure what anomaly is to blame for pied-ball pythons (ball pythons with both albino and normal pigmentation), but I've never heard of such a thing in turtles.

So, not a mix.

 

[mikeylazer]

Please post a pic of the head so we can finally stop guessing about the type of tort you have and make it easy.

 

[Kelly71]

Hi,
Sorry didnt mean to start anything? lol I just went to that site someone set me and there were mixes of the 2 on there?
Maybe they are not telling the truth and I have to say a big SORRY the site was called N2TORTS. That I saw them selling mixes. This is the best pic of Sunnys head. He has 2 long ones and then one very small one after just before his nose? I dont think you could even see
it in a pic. Thanks

 

[mikeylazer]

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