Both of those pictures are of the largest one. The other two were sleeping in their night box and by the time we made it up to weigh them it was pouring rain again.Where's the third one?
Beautiful creatures.We've had our three Aldabras for three years now. We don't know their hatch dates but we estimate they hatched at the beginning of 2018 making them nearly 4 years old now.
9/28/2018 Weights
Bigfoot - 558g
Littlefoot - 382g
Meatball - 378g
9/26/2021 Weights
Bigfoot - 26.3kg
Littlefoot - 24.4kg
Meatball - 20.8kg
We are pretty happy with how they are turning out. They seem to have very stout and strong legs that appear to be in proportion to the rest of their body. The shell shapes are pretty good. Meatball (red dot) has a perfect shell but it has some scars on the plastron from fungus when it was very young. Littlefoot (yellow dot) has a nearly perfect shell. Bigfoot (blue dot) has a little bit of pyramiding but its only noticeable from certain angles.
They are always hungry but they still haven't learned to associate us with food and basically terrified of us. We are still waiting for the day they warm up to us.
I took a few new photos today after the weigh in.
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Awesome tortoises!Happy to get their morning hose spray.
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These guys spent their first 3 years or so in a series of enclosures with solid wood sides. They have been housed behind hog panels for around 2 years now. We had always assumed they needed to be kept behind wood, preferably solid wood fencing but after visiting two facilities that kept them behind wire fencing we gave it a try. They adapted to it quickly, they seem just intelligent enough to recognize they can't go through them.Awesome tortoises!
Just curious, do they ever test that hog wire panel and try to go through it?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Jacky and Daisy (Spur-thighed Tortoises) were in this family for seventy-two years until Daisy's death last year. They got on very well and interacted even more when strawberries and dandelions were given. They were so interactive that I had to separate them at these times.Thanks! They don't seem to interact with one another much. The only time they really seem to react to one another is when its Mazuri day. Then its a rush to the feeding plate while they all try to climb on top of the food pile and hiss at each other.
🤣Thanks! They don't seem to interact with one another much. The only time they really seem to react to one another is when its Mazuri day. Then its a rush to the feeding plate while they all try to climb on top of the food pile and hiss at each other.
Absolutely gorgeous! At what age are they fully grown?
I don't know if they ever completely stop growing, the rate just slows considerably as they age. I think we are just about through the rapid growth phase that takes place during the first 5 years or so.Absolutely gorgeous! At what age are they fully grown?
Natrah
They looks like sculptures!A few photos from this week.
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I love this picture