At a whopping 486 grams I'll be able to lift him for a while, LOL! Curious though, how long I can expect it to take to hit the 50 lb. milestone? Aldabraman, what say you?

Oh, and Colin says, "Howdy!" to TheMindBuddah, his namesake in the UK!!

(08-20-2012 05:12 AM)Hasselhound Wrote:  how long I can expect it to take to hit the 50 lb. milestone?

I have seen 50 pounds at the five and six year mark, way fast! Almost all that i have seen grow that fast have had some pyramiding.

(08-20-2012 04:58 PM)ALDABRAMAN Wrote:  

(08-20-2012 05:12 AM)Hasselhound Wrote:  how long I can expect it to take to hit the 50 lb. milestone?

I have seen 50 pounds at the five and six year mark, way fast! Almost all that i have seen grow that fast have had some pyramiding.

Gottcha!

Just curious how long I could reasonably expect to be able to pick him up.

After reading Aldabraman's posts about his youngsters, I figured I better start offering some food by hand. And I'm happy to report that even though Colin ran a few steps away at first, he eyed that cactus pad, turned around and came back for a couple of bites! The only problem was that he seemed very interested in my fingers and I didn't give him the opportunity to taste one, LOL.

So cute and thank you for sharing your journey.

Glad that Collin is doing well.

Please share more photos of him.

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Hasselhound Wrote:After reading Aldabraman's posts about his youngsters, I figured I better start offering some food by hand. And I'm happy to report that even though Colin ran a few steps away at first, he eyed that cactus pad, turned around and came back for a couple of bites! The only problem was that he seemed very interested in my fingers and I didn't give him the opportunity to taste one, LOL.

Lol, don't ever think of it. Their bite hurts even when they are still small torts.

First time experience when trying to feed him by hand
Mine always more interested eating my fingers than even his favorite food

sooo cute!

Wow, some how I missed the thread. So cute, congrats. Glad he's doing good. There are a lot of his siblings on this forum I believe. Someone the other day I think got two from Chris. In the last month I think there were about four diff threads of new Aldabs from Chris. Keep the updates and pics coming.

I love to catch him all stretched out! So cute!!

Cute picture. How big and what is his weight now?

What a beautiful baby. Congrats on your new member. I always wanted one to raise, but I just don't have the space. It's times like these that I wish I had bought a farm.:-/

Congrats on your new tortoise

Looks great!

(12-28-2012 07:38 PM)Yellow Turtle Wrote:  Cute picture. How big and what is his weight now?

Before his soaking this morning, he is just shy of 6 inches and weighs 676 grams

Kathryn

So is approximately 400 grams increase in weight and 1 3/4 inches growth in 6 months time too little, too much or just about right? Anyone? Aldabraman?