will a tortoise grow if it is underweight?

[stevenf625]

I recieved my tortoise nearly fully grown but severly underweight and
wonder if the weight loss was a fairly recent phenomena or if he had been growing up underweight for years.
Is it possible for torts to grow (carapace/body) when underweight?

His weight is up considerably now that I've had him ~ 4 months

 

[motero]

I would guess it a recent result of something else. If healthy but starved the growth would be extremely slow.

 

[Yvonne G]

Sometimes conditions cause a sort of dwarfism in tortoises. Only time will tell.