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Hiya, I'm new here. Bought my Herman 2wks ago. Was told he/she was a 2010 hatching. Got a certificate which says he/she was born 14th sept 2010, but since then my sister spotted others for sale elsewhere, again supposed 2010 hatchings, but they were much bigger.
I weighed mine the day i brought him/her home. He/she weighed 30g. Exactly 1 wk later, I weighed again, that time 39g! Now this wk, I've weighed again and this time 41g.
My first question is, does that sound a normal growth rate?
Secondly, as I've read on various tortoise forums, I've bathed mine every other day. The first couple of times he/she did poo, the colour was very grey/beige/pale and seemed very soft. Where as now the poo is very dark and more solid.
Is this a good thing?
I have always had tortoises since a child. But mine I grew up with were very oldies. & so were kept in the garden, a very big one, free to roam the whole place, fed on cucumber and lettuce but also able to pick themselves as many wild flowers & weeds as they want.
Sadly 1 of mine emerged from hibernation ill & the vet wasn't able to cure him. And then a yr later my other 1 was pinched out of the garden, I was gutted.
So now I have this new teeny tiny torty called Tartaruga and want to do the best for him/her to have a happy long life.
Advice much appreciated
I weighed mine the day i brought him/her home. He/she weighed 30g. Exactly 1 wk later, I weighed again, that time 39g! Now this wk, I've weighed again and this time 41g.
My first question is, does that sound a normal growth rate?
Secondly, as I've read on various tortoise forums, I've bathed mine every other day. The first couple of times he/she did poo, the colour was very grey/beige/pale and seemed very soft. Where as now the poo is very dark and more solid.
Is this a good thing?
I have always had tortoises since a child. But mine I grew up with were very oldies. & so were kept in the garden, a very big one, free to roam the whole place, fed on cucumber and lettuce but also able to pick themselves as many wild flowers & weeds as they want.
Sadly 1 of mine emerged from hibernation ill & the vet wasn't able to cure him. And then a yr later my other 1 was pinched out of the garden, I was gutted.
So now I have this new teeny tiny torty called Tartaruga and want to do the best for him/her to have a happy long life.
Advice much appreciated