New shelled additions to the Zoo.

These 2 girls arrived on the 8th, adopted from the same rescue the other 2 came from.
Almost certainly won't be keeping their shelter names but kinda stumped on what their new names should be. Anyway, first one is "Shelly" and she has a somewhat deformed shell but is otherwise a very large, healthy girl, roughly 20 plus years old.

And then "Sugar" she was a stray that wasn't claimed, so not much background on her but she is also assessed at around 20 years old. Another big healthy girl.

Nice! I have a three toed also. (sister's grandson lost interest) Someday I will have a large outdoor habitat for boxies.

OMG I love boxies!!!

They are wonderful! They couldn't have found a better home. Congrats on your new shell children.

Sorry I don't know a whole lot about turtles (tortoises?) but they are beautiful!!! Love the sunset speckled coloring on the second one especially Are they the same type or different species? I was showing my daughter these pictures and she thinks that second one looks like Sunset Shimmer from the My Little Pony cartoon.......... LOL. 3 year olds.

Originally Posted by Zimmer

Sorry I don't know a whole lot about turtles (tortoises?) but they are beautiful!!! Love the sunset speckled coloring on the second one especially Are they the same type or different species? I was showing my daughter these pictures and she thinks that second one looks like Sunset Shimmer from the My Little Pony cartoon.......... LOL. 3 year olds.

The first one is a Three Toed Box turtle, just like my other 2. The second new one, I'm less sure on. The rescue had her labeled an Eastern Box turtle, but to me, she looks more like a Three Toe or possibly a hybrid Three Toe/Eastern. However, I'm very far from an expert on identifying the differences between those two.

This is Pel, my other female Three Toe Boxie. She's about 3 quarters the size of the two new ones.





And Dag, my male Three Toe Boxie, he looks tiny too, next to the new girls.