In '08 only one Manouria emys phayrei egg hatched. This was little Emmie at about 6 months of age, at Maggie's house:



And here she is 3 years later. I put my glasses next to her for size comparison. She's about 6" long:



She seems sorta' flat compared to the bigger tortoises. I hope she starts to dome soon. I'd hate to have a Pancake mountain tortoise.

Wow she grew fast. She is sweet!

She would be a very nice looking pancake mountain Tortoise..

I could not believe my eyes when I saw her! She was a hatchling when I had her and it was horrid trying to get her to eat. I thought she was going to die on a daily basis.

I am glad she grew for you Yvonne...She's beautiful now...

Very cute! Good job ladies

Here's little Emmie today at 4 years of age. She's now bigger than my hand:

She's gorgeous. I didn't know they were that difficult to get eating. Seems like they would do well in a closed chamber style of set up.

Beautiful

Oh wow, she has really sprouted!

Very nice growth, mine are a year younger and at 5 inches on avg not bad

Emmie had scraped ALL of her substrate into a mountain under the hiding place and I worried that the cats may knock the plywood "roof" off. That would allow Emmie escape access. She had outgrown it anyway, as it is only 3' diameter.




She was supposed to graduate into the pen I have built in the Mee pen, but Dr. Cosmonaut's redfoots occupy that one. So I built her a new space. It is 8' long and 5' at one end, but in a triangle or pie shape. I am a scrap lumber hoarder, so it didn't cost me anything to build. I spent a couple bucks on a bag of top soil and a few plants, though:






Emmie is up under the plywood "roof" at the point of the triangle:

I can't believe how she's grown! Just goes to show ya that they grow whether they eat or not...

Wow, how fun to see tortoises growing and thriving.

I still have to skip the threads of sick and dying tortoises on this forum...I know people have good intentions, but I cannot handle the sadness of yet another tortoise passing.

Bravo Maggie and Yvonne, for all of the hard work and careful attention you pay to your menagerie of testudo and other species of critters. You do so much good in the world for these fascinating yet basically defenseless creatures.

Thanks for the pics, but you are still not making me want one less...

She is beautiful