Tegan's Growth Thread

[sarahandtegan]

I figured I'd start a thread just for Tegan's growth and her updates! Also, I was wondering if anyone had a guess as to when she was actually hatched, just for the purposes of having a birthday date to celebrate! I received her on April 13th, 2016, and she was a tiny hatchling, with some belly button still there:

Any breeders know how long it takes to look like this, and for the sac to be absorbed? She was overnight shipped from Florida, and had a serious hunger from the very beginning!

 

[sarahandtegan]

Here is her growth chart so far!

The early weights and measurements are estimations, I wish I would have started to record earlier! Does her progress seem normal? I know there's A LOT of variation tort to tort, but just wondering also I have heard the growth rate can predict if male or female, are her rates of growth a sign of anything so far? Thanks for any opinions!

 

[sarahandtegan]

Here Tegan is more recently! She's starting to LOVE her soaks, about time! She was always so impatient before, but now she's relaxed for a good 30 minutes, and even an occasional scrub a dub dub

 

[sarahandtegan]

Here she is getting some grubbing in!

And her "leave me alone I'm trying to sleep" face!


My lil super tort ❤️

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Lovely, lovely Tegan!
i don't know the answers to your questions, but just wanted to say how beautiful your little one is.
Except that many members only weigh once a week, to avoid stress (to themselves, not the tortoise).
And that slow steady growth is good.

 

[sarahandtegan]

Lovely, lovely Tegan!
i don't know the answers to your questions, but just wanted to say how beautiful your little one is.
Except that many members only weigh once a week, to avoid stress (to themselves, not the tortoise).
And that slow steady growth is good.

Yep, I'll probably weigh her much less as she grows bigger, but for now it's so easy and she seems happy enough to be handled between soaks and play time outside!

 

[sarahandtegan]

And thanks so much, I worry she's gonna have a big ego with how i act like she's a model hehe

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

And thanks so much, I worry she's gonna have a big ego with how i act like she's a model hehe

I know what you mean.
Mind you, my little Tidgy is a model.
August in the Tortoise Forum calendar.

 

[Gillian M]

Here Tegan is more recently! She's starting to LOVE her soaks, about time! She was always so impatient before, but now she's relaxed for a good 30 minutes, and even an occasional scrub a dub dub View attachment 182873View attachment 182876

Oh she's a beauty!

 

[Speedy-1]

Tegan is a good looking guy , as you know its so hard to ascertain age unless you know the hatch date . I went to weighing Speedy once a month when he was about a year old , its so much nicer to say "Wow that little Porker gained a half pound"

then to say "O my gosh he lost 5 grams this week" !

 

[sarahandtegan]

I went to weighing Speedy once a month when he was about a year old , its so much nicer to say "Wow that little Porker gained a half pound"

then to say "O my gosh he lost 5 grams this week" !

Yep that indeed makes sense! So do you have any experience with sexing tortoises by their growth rate? I was curious if anyone has theories!

 

[Speedy-1]

No I sure don't Sarah . Their growth rates are so different , and dependent on so many variables that its really hard to say .

 

[Kasia]

Here she is getting some grubbing in!View attachment 182877View attachment 182878

And her "leave me alone I'm trying to sleep" face!
View attachment 182879

My lil super tort ❤️
View attachment 182880

Aaaaaa so cute

 

[Fredkas]

Oh i love the name. And love the chart, me too have the obsession for too much weighing, and speedy's dad always make fun of it hahaha.. now i am trying myself post weigh only once a week. T R Y I N G.. although i still weigh him everyday, because he do not mind it at all. And the scale just besides his enclosure.. how can i pass the scale and go through the enclosure when my mind very curious "what is his weigh right now" when i was holding him lol.

 

[sarahandtegan]

She's growing like a weed!

Can't get over those lil' feet!!

 

[Kasia]

She's growing like a weed! View attachment 185047
View attachment 185048
Can't get over those lil' feet!!

Neither can I

 

[sarahandtegan]

Tegan is 7 months old this weekend, and she is really starting to look big!!

 

[sarahandtegan]

she is such a goof, passed out right on the glass!

 

[Gillian M]

View attachment 190735View attachment 190737 she is such a goof, passed out right on the glass!

Lovely pics @sarahandtegan . Thanks for sharing.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Silly tort.