Hello fellow tort lovers,
don't hate me but I now own the cutest and smartest tortoise in the world. She is a Burmese star hatchling female hatched Sept 2013. In the past I've owned I owned Leopards, Burmese black mountains and Sri Lankan stars but this tiny Burmese star has more personality then all of them combined. She is always searching for me and lifting her head looking around, she is also very active.
When I got her home last night I gave her a little soak and poor baby she like dove into the water for a long drink, she was so thirsty. Then I noticed a bump on her upper beak or jaw, it's so cute, it sticks out like a little nose, lol. what a cute little face huh?
Well at first I was worried thinking she had a deformed mouth but then I Google Burmese baby images and they also have the little bump, and another tortoise keeper I know told me it's normal with Burmese hatchlings and will disappear with age.
My question to anyone who know about it is why do they have this pump and does this baby of mine look normal? The bump is hard like a little horn, could be good for digging. Maybe hatchlings have it for digging burrows?
What you say?
Also what do you think of the name for her? I was thinking Burma.
Thanks for reading.
don't hate me but I now own the cutest and smartest tortoise in the world. She is a Burmese star hatchling female hatched Sept 2013. In the past I've owned I owned Leopards, Burmese black mountains and Sri Lankan stars but this tiny Burmese star has more personality then all of them combined. She is always searching for me and lifting her head looking around, she is also very active.
When I got her home last night I gave her a little soak and poor baby she like dove into the water for a long drink, she was so thirsty. Then I noticed a bump on her upper beak or jaw, it's so cute, it sticks out like a little nose, lol. what a cute little face huh?
Well at first I was worried thinking she had a deformed mouth but then I Google Burmese baby images and they also have the little bump, and another tortoise keeper I know told me it's normal with Burmese hatchlings and will disappear with age.
My question to anyone who know about it is why do they have this pump and does this baby of mine look normal? The bump is hard like a little horn, could be good for digging. Maybe hatchlings have it for digging burrows?
What you say?
Also what do you think of the name for her? I was thinking Burma.
Thanks for reading.
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