Growth of Toro, February 2016 Sulcata Tortoise. (Big File Size Alert!!)

Fredkas

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Mobile phone can't read the post well enough, so i go back to usual format.
Weekly update:
Toro eats hibiscus, rose, roselle, pinto peanut, mazuri "LS", regular mazuri, water spinach, collard greens, carrot, and grasses. Soon will be dandelion, geranium, violet (don't know when, the seed keep failing lol, somebody jump out teach me.)

1st day adopted : 31 May '16 - 57gr (the seller told me he should be around 3 months old.)

June : 09 Jun '16 - 62gr (i believed the gain was from the water, had slight pyramid from previous owner)

July :
20 Jul '16 - 64gr (start having big appetite after i gave him "water spinach treat" for the 1st time.)
30 Jul '16 - 68gr

August :
06 Aug '16 - 71gr
11 Aug '16 - 74gr
17 Aug '16 - 76gr
24 Aug '16 - 82gr
31 Aug '16 - 86gr

September :
07 Sept '16 - 91gr
14 Sept '16 - 96gr
21 Sept '16 - 105gr
28 Sept '16 - 116gr
 

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I was seriously typing out a response to let you know the format showed up all screwed up on my phone when you updated again. I guess you figured it out though.

Toro is putting on weight pretty steady now. Good job!
 

Fredkas

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I was seriously typing out a response to let you know the format showed up all screwed up on my phone when you updated again. I guess you figured it out though.

Toro is putting on weight pretty steady now. Good job!
Yes! Too bad though. It is neat and easy to read, but it only works for tablet or computer. You should try using computer to see it :p.
Yes 11gr for this week. Awesome!

Thank you ;):D
 

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I'm glad to see we can be a little goofy here and it doesn't always have to be super serious.

It's no fun to be serious all the time . Sometimes you need to ask yourself , "how much of this important stuff is going to matter in 100 years ?"
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Gaining not so much weight but still eat so much. Maybe he takes a break from last 2 weeks rapid growth.
Weekly update:
Toro eats hibiscus, roselle, pinto peanut, mazuri "LS", regular mazuri, water spinach, collard greens, carrot, and grasses. Soon will be dandelion, geranium, violet (don't know when, the seed keep failing lol, somebody jump out teach me.)

1st day adopted : 31 May '16 - 57gr (the seller told me he should be around 3 months old.)

June : 09 Jun '16 - 62gr (i believed the gain was from the water, had slight pyramid from previous owner)

July :
20 Jul '16 - 64gr (start having big appetite after i gave him "water spinach treat" for the 1st time.)
30 Jul '16 - 68gr

August :
06 Aug '16 - 71gr
11 Aug '16 - 74gr
17 Aug '16 - 76gr
24 Aug '16 - 82gr
31 Aug '16 - 86gr

September :
07 Sept '16 - 91gr
14 Sept '16 - 96gr
21 Sept '16 - 105gr
28 Sept '16 - 116gr

October :
04 Oct '16 - 120gr
 

Fredkas

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I don't think you need to worry about only gaining four grams this week. He is gaining and that is the most important part.
Yes i am less worried now. I thinks he is doing super fine now. Hopefully he can catch up. Being almost exact same age with Mr. T. I am so excited to see the same age tort growing together.
 

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Fred, have you emailed Toro's picture for 2017 calendar competition? Thought I read that you were gonna...

Saginawhxc, you're in Michigan right? Almost time to be freezing cold right now. Where are your pets going to be? In the basement?
 

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Fred, have you emailed Toro's picture for 2017 calendar competition? Thought I read that you were gonna...

Saginawhxc, you're in Michigan right? Almost time to be freezing cold right now. Where are your pets going to be? In the basement?
Did it, and it is usable as confirmed by josh. It is old pic though. How about you?
 

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It's far from freezing yet, but reaching a point where it is too cold for them to be spending too much time outside. We are trying to buy a new house right now, but I think we have been too picky for our price range. We have walked through at least a dozen houses that were almost what we wanted, but not quite there. Now winter is knocking on our door and I'm building a temporary room in our garage to house the twins for now, and my two little guys still live in the house. If I have my way I'll have a decent basement or a finished garage or pole barn. When I'm done with this temporary room I'm going to post a thread on the building of it in the enclosure sub.
 

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Last week i decided to give Toro his outdoor time permanently scheduled. I can see his change of behavior. It looks like he is roaming and playing in his outdoor enclosure a lot and he waste a lot of his energy. Sometimes he looks sleepy, sometimes he is losing weight although he ate like a pig. The important thing is he is eating and pooping, and he is still gaining weight, at least this week he decided to gain 7gr. Great!
Weekly update:
Toro eats hibiscus, roselle, pinto peanut, mazuri "LS", regular mazuri, water spinach, collard greens, carrot, and grasses. Soon will be dandelion, geranium, violet (don't know when, the seed keep failing lol, somebody jump out teach me.)

1st day adopted : 31 May '16 - 57gr (the seller told me he should be around 3 months old.)

June : 09 Jun '16 - 62gr (i believed the gain was from the water, had slight pyramid from previous owner)

July :
20 Jul '16 - 64gr (start having big appetite after i gave him "water spinach treat" for the 1st time.)
30 Jul '16 - 68gr

August :
06 Aug '16 - 71gr
11 Aug '16 - 74gr
17 Aug '16 - 76gr
24 Aug '16 - 82gr
31 Aug '16 - 86gr

September :
07 Sept '16 - 91gr
14 Sept '16 - 96gr
21 Sept '16 - 105gr
28 Sept '16 - 116gr

October :
04 Oct '16 - 120gr
12 Oct '16 - 127gr
 

saginawhxc

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Toro did better than Mr T this week. Apparently mine went on a diet when I wasn't looking and lost two grams.

Mr T is also much more active outside. I think the change from lots of outside time to almost none threw him off his routine.

Good job with Toro. It looks like he is doing great.
 

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He is acting weird though. Usually he runs into food in the morning, this week he looks not interested several times, but yes he finished his food when i am at work. Should be no problem, it just he changes a bit, and i don't really like his change. I like to see him running towards food .
 

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Btw, for the record of Toro's life journey, i'm gonna type here that Toro in his 120ish gram able to make "2 reg mazuri + 8 mazuri LS + chop grasses + chop carrot" disappeared in one daytime. At night same day will continue to eat around "half reg mazuri + chop grass + chop carrot" or "2 mazuri LS + chop grass + chop carrot".
 

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Weekly update:
Toro eats hibiscus, roselle, pinto peanut, mazuri "LS", regular mazuri, water spinach, collard greens, carrot, and grasses. Soon will be dandelion, geranium, violet (don't know when, the seed keep failing lol, somebody jump out teach me.)

1st day adopted : 31 May '16 - 57gr (the seller told me he should be around 3 months old.)

June : 09 Jun '16 - 62gr (i believed the gain was from the water, had slight pyramid from previous owner)

July :
20 Jul '16 - 64gr (start having big appetite after i gave him "water spinach treat" for the 1st time.)
30 Jul '16 - 68gr

August :
06 Aug '16 - 71gr
11 Aug '16 - 74gr
17 Aug '16 - 76gr
24 Aug '16 - 82gr
31 Aug '16 - 86gr

September :
07 Sept '16 - 91gr
14 Sept '16 - 96gr
21 Sept '16 - 105gr
28 Sept '16 - 116gr

October :
04 Oct '16 - 120gr
12 Oct '16 - 127gr
19 Oct '16 - 136gr
 

Fredkas

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Weekly update:
Toro eats hibiscus, roselle, pinto peanut, mazuri "LS", regular mazuri, water spinach, collard greens, carrot, and grasses. Soon will be dandelion, geranium, violet (don't know when, the seed keep failing lol, somebody jump out teach me.)

1st day adopted : 31 May '16 - 57gr (the seller told me he should be around 3 months old.)

June : 09 Jun '16 - 62gr (i believed the gain was from the water, had slight pyramid from previous owner)

July :
20 Jul '16 - 64gr (start having big appetite after i gave him "water spinach treat" for the 1st time.)
30 Jul '16 - 68gr

August :
06 Aug '16 - 71gr
11 Aug '16 - 74gr
17 Aug '16 - 76gr
24 Aug '16 - 82gr
31 Aug '16 - 86gr

September :
07 Sept '16 - 91gr
14 Sept '16 - 96gr
21 Sept '16 - 105gr
28 Sept '16 - 116gr

October :
04 Oct '16 - 120gr
12 Oct '16 - 127gr
19 Oct '16 - 136gr
26 Oct '16 - 144gr
 

Fredkas

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Weekly update:

1st day adopted : 31 May '16 - 57gr (the seller told me he should be around 3 months old.)

June : 09 Jun '16 - 62gr (i believed the gain was from the water, had slight pyramid from previous owner)

July :
20 Jul '16 - 64gr (start having big appetite after i gave him "water spinach treat" for the 1st time.)
30 Jul '16 - 68gr

August :
06 Aug '16 - 71gr
11 Aug '16 - 74gr
17 Aug '16 - 76gr
24 Aug '16 - 82gr
31 Aug '16 - 86gr

September :
07 Sept '16 - 91gr
14 Sept '16 - 96gr
21 Sept '16 - 105gr
28 Sept '16 - 116gr

October :
04 Oct '16 - 120gr
12 Oct '16 - 127gr
19 Oct '16 - 136gr
26 Oct '16 - 144gr

November :
02 Nov '16 - 152gr
 
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