Good day. New member here. My name is Alex, and I'm from Serbia.
Few days ago, I was on a hike in forest, and almost accidentally stepped on this small tortoise shown on pictures. After thinking for a few moments, I decided to take it home, and also make a new home for this little fellow (40mm shell length).
This is not my first shelled pet, as I had few of Red-eared sliders(Chrysemys scripta elegans) a long time ago, but this is first one of it's kind, and I guess it's a Testudo Hermanni, or it could be Testudo Gracea... you tell me
I have only seen much larger specimens in forests around here, so I don't know what kind of behavior to expect from this little one. Now it just stays tucked in it's shell with eyes closed, like it's sleeping. and when I lift it, it looks like it wakes up, and then moves a little, then tries to dig a hole through cardboard box, as it probably want's to dig itself underground, and when fail, just starts "sleeping" again.
I have fed it with grass, different leaves, yellow dandelion flower, cucumber, apple, and it does it every day a little, also takes poop every day.
But... yesterday, when I handled it, I've noticed something black around it's mouth, is that normal? (look at the photo).
As it mostly stays inside it's shell when I'm around in the same room, I don't see when it eats or does anything, it does all the things when no one is around, but one time, i saw it opening mouth, like it's yawning (not trying to eat anything).
What sex is it?
What age is it if it can be observed from pictures?
Thanks in advance!
More pics coming soon
