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Do you name your turtles? In the past I have had a few that I named but did not name them all. Recently my fiance and I decided to name them all. I recently took pics of all of my adult turtles and gave them all names. Over the next few weeks I will post pics as I get them cleaned up. I encourage others to do the same as this forum needs some life breathed into it.

In the mean time here's a pic of my turtle pen from earlier this spring. On the far end I have a hinged covering to keep the coons out of my baby and juvie pen............

IMG_0982-001 by vichris08,
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Vichris
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane"- Marcus Aurelius

I name all my fosters. I also name all my personal pets.

>>I name all my fosters. I also name all my personal pets.

I normally do with most of my pets too but for some reason I have not with most of my snakes and turtles. My wife named all of her leopard geckos and we had names for just a few of our turtles but we have now named all but a couple of babies.

Post up pictures of you turtles Cindy.....I'd like to see them.
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Vichris
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane"- Marcus Aurelius

Hey Vic,

I dont keep any personally but this tort was named Princess Clara by her new adoptive family. Just placed her friday. This is a pic with part of her family

>>Hey Vic,
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>>I dont keep any personally but this tort was named Princess Clara by her new adoptive family. Just placed her friday. This is a pic with part of her family
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Very nice, Is that a Russian Tortise? Kinda hard to tell from the pic.

Looks like the the new family dog is pretty curious about his new roommate. One of our dogs just loves to go to our turtle pen and watch our boxies. He's very curious about them but never tries to get in the pen or shows any sign of agression to them. On occasion we will let one or two of our boxies out in the lawn and our dog Mac will go and sniff them and watch them. He kinda cocks his head when they walk. We think, he thinks they are walking rocks.

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Vichris
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane"- Marcus Aurelius

This is Yeller (yellow) Head. He's a mature male and gets his name from his yellow head. He was living in my back yard when I bought my property but he's a very shy and secretive turtle so I had no idea he was back there until the 3rd year I owned my house. There was another pair of turtles a male and a female that were very visible that lived back there. The other male looked to be Yeller Heads brother. I gave his brother to my brother and he now resides in CA. His brother was a very dominant male and that probably explains why Yeller Head is so shy and passive. As you can see he has little to no markings on his brown shell. He tends to hang out in one corner of the pen but many times he hangs out with the other females. I have one other male that is much more aggressive so the females tend to shy away from him. I often see the other male attempting to mount the females but usually with alot of resistance. Yeller Head is much more successful with the females and you never see him being aggressive with the females. They seem to submit to him without a lot of resistance.

IMG_1297-001 by vichris08, on Flickr
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Vichris
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane"- Marcus Aurelius

Here's my other adult male Big bad John, named after the Jimmy Dean song. He is the biggest box turtle I've ever kept. He is somewhat aggressive but by no means the most aggressive male boxie I've kept. I have never observed him being aggressive toward my other male Yeller Head. Big John has a habit of becoming randy right after he's had a good meal. He also has a habit of catching the ladies in the pool and turning it into a hot tub scene

IMG_1305-001 by vichris08, on Flickr

Here's Big John having his way with Wilamena

IMG_0546-001 by vichris08, on Flickr
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Vichris
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane"- Marcus Aurelius

Sylvia is one of my original females. She may be related to Yeller Head. She has the most striking markings of any of my turtles. Like Yeller Head she is very shy although she has become more accepting of us in the past two years. She is probably the mother of several of my baby turtles.

IMG_1298-001 by vichris08, on Flickr

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Vichris
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane"- Marcus Aurelius

Mary is likely my oldest Turtle. She is probably blind in one eye and has limited vision in the other eye. We often have to feed her separately from the other turtles because she has trouble seeing her food. We adopted her a few years back and she has always had a blue paint mark on her back. when we got her she had the mark and was already named. The previous owners found her in southern NM near Alamogordo and she had the blue mark when they found her. She has had that blue mark for at least 15 years that we know of. She was a full sized adult when found.

IMG_1303-001 by vichris08, on Flickr
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Vichris
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane"- Marcus Aurelius

Ricotta was acquired in a trade. At the time I had to many males and not enough females so I traded two of my extra males for two females. I had no idea at the time that Ricotta was missing one of her back legs. It looks to be an old injury as it is completely healed and she seems to have adapted to her handicap very well. She is one of the most fearless, bold, and friendly turtles I have. She is also very jealous of any attention you pay to the other turtles. She will try to eat as quickly as she can so she can go snatch food from the other turtles. Her handicap hasn't slowed her down one bit. She has quite the personality.

One spring she developed an ear infection so we took her to a friend who is a herp Vet tech. After opening the infected area the Vet squeezed out some cheesy looking stuff and then cleaned and disinfected the wound. My fiancé mentioned that the "stuff" looked like Ricotta cheese and suggested we name her Ricotta. That's how she got her name.

IMG_1296-001 by vichris08, on Flickr

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Vichris
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane"- Marcus Aurelius

Louise is one of the original 3 turtles that was in my yard when I bought my house. She is large and in charge. She is not at all aggressive but doesn't take any gruff from anyone either. She is definitely not easily intimidated. She's very healthy and always has a good appetite. Here a few pics of her and her with Yeller Head............

IMG_1302-001 by vichris08, on Flickr

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Vichris
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane"- Marcus Aurelius

Willamina is a small adult female that I traded for when I also aquired Ricotta. She is not shy and is one of my most gregarious turtles. Probably because of that she is the most frequently sighted female being bred. She is usually the last turtle to dig in for the winter brumation and the first to come up in the spring.

IMG_1295-001 by vichris08, on Flickr
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Vichris
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane"- Marcus Aurelius

Estella is a young female I aquired a few years ago. She is quite shy. She tends to hang out with Sylvia with simular mannerisims. She was a juvie when I first got her but she now seems to be reaching breeding age and size.

IMG_1301-001 by vichris08, on Flickr

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Vichris
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane"- Marcus Aurelius

Great looking group. Big bad John is best looking of the bunch in my opinion. I like the blue.
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Jeff Benfer
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