Hey, all
I purchased my turtle from my work (a pet store) some months ago after doing research on the matter as I really wanted to get into it (and have since become that-crazy-turtle-guy at work). After getting it, and looking into it further, I believe it may be hyper? It's certainly darker than any of the clutch mates (we got some 20 in, most in really REALLY bad condition actually, but that's another story), and was certainly darker than its sibling which I owned until it died of a respiratory illness. As a note, she does appear to have trouble with vision, and often misses food when fed, which no other turtle I have seen really has a problem with. Also, the two marginal scrutes at the midline of the body are actually symmetrically divided into four on each side, which is just kind of kooky.
The suspected hyper
A clutch mate, shortly before it died
I purchased my turtle from my work (a pet store) some months ago after doing research on the matter as I really wanted to get into it (and have since become that-crazy-turtle-guy at work). After getting it, and looking into it further, I believe it may be hyper? It's certainly darker than any of the clutch mates (we got some 20 in, most in really REALLY bad condition actually, but that's another story), and was certainly darker than its sibling which I owned until it died of a respiratory illness. As a note, she does appear to have trouble with vision, and often misses food when fed, which no other turtle I have seen really has a problem with. Also, the two marginal scrutes at the midline of the body are actually symmetrically divided into four on each side, which is just kind of kooky.
The suspected hyper
A clutch mate, shortly before it died