growth

Sharing the spreadsheet I made to track the weight and length of my redfoot over 5 years. It includes some built-in charts and analysis like Donoghue Ratio, Growth curves etc. Thought it might be interesting to folks here as a reference data point since I always wanted to compare how fast my...

I wanted to introduce myself, Rachel, and my male Sulcata, Tom Bombadil. We live in NW Oregon and got Tom in late December 2022 as a hatchling, and he weighed 63 grams. He easily fit into the palm of my hand. I followed @Tom here for advice, and today Tom Bombadil weighs 26.75lbs and has a...

Hi! so just a few months ago I acquired a friends neglected rf, who just turned 2 years old. I took care of the problems he had and he's been a happy tort now (no more pyramiding!!) i did some measuring of his size to make him a bigger indoor enclosure back in like beginning of october, and his...

First post here, and let me just say I am blessed to have found y’all. I have a 5-6 year old sulcata with some horrible growth stunt. She’s maybe 6 inches and weighs 330g, which is HORRIBLY undersized. I hadn’t realized just how far behind she was in her growth until this year. I never had a...

Hello all! Curious to see what the majority of members think about the Donoghue Ratio when it comes to determining healthy tortoise weights. I saw a previous post on here about this subject, but it was from many years ago and is closed for comments. Was just wondering if anyone’s found...

We took over the care of our tortoise Schmidt a few weeks ago, from a family member who was moving out of the country. It’s wild, we were told she’s either a Sonoran desert tortoise or a Sulcata and we have an appointment coming up with the vet and a tortoise specialist soon to try to get it...

I have two sulcatas, both slightly different in age. Both rescued, so age assumption is just an approximation. They both get soaked and fed on the same schedule. But, one grows much slower than the other. The smaller one has just flashed me, so we now know that they are both boys. I’ve heard of...

hello fellow tortoise owners I’ve got a 9 month old western Hermann tortoise and was wondering by how much she should be growing monthly in weight and length. And when I should weigh her. At the moment I weigh her on the 2nd day of every month. I would appreciate any advice and support/ feedback...

Hello folks! I've already mentioned our red-eared slider, Teresa, on many of my older posts before. Most of these posts were regarding the husbandry of the species in general. However, this time, I'm interested in posting a thread on the subject of Teresa herself. I've noticed that many...

I have him for about 6 months already. I'm not sure what is his age when he arrived. Here I'll post a picture of him when he first arrive and him now! I was wondering if his growth is usual or he is growing a tad bit slow. His substrate are a mixture of soil, sand, and coco coir about 2" high...

Hello everyone, I am writing this post as I have recently rescued a snow leopard tortoise, I had noticed a guy had one up for sale on kijiji and the condition of him looked horrible so I picked him up the same day and immediately took him to the vet. I named him Jambo. Jambo is two years old...

Hello! I’m new to the forum! I brought home an Aldabra two months ago and I’ve noticed some indentation along its sides-costal scutes. The rest of his growth appears smooth. Has anyone experienced this? Or might know the cause? Thanks. Diet consists of Mazuri tortoise chow and spring mix...

I acquired a sulcata tortoise approximately 7 months ago which if the age previous owner gave me is correct puts him/her being almost 1.5 yrs old. Its very active, incredible appetite, gets soaked at least 2 times a week. But TINY! I work for an exotic pet store and we get hatchlings in almost...

First off, thank you to everyone who posts on here... as a new tort owner this forum has answered a lot of questions and eased a lot of worries :D But this is my first actual post as I need specific advice lol. Just over a month ago I got my 9 month old Leopard tortoise, Butters, weighing in at...

Our baby cherry head red-foot tortoise is developing this whiteness on the bottom rim of her shell & it’s now on her belly. Any ideas what it could be? The internet has said anything from simple signs of shell growth to shell rot & we just want to make sure we’re leaving it alone if it’s nothing...

Hello All! So my baby Redfoot, Heidi is about 3 months old now and I just measured her for the first time. she is 3.5 inches wide and 3.25 inches long. Now I've looked around online and a few sources I've read say that, that is the approximate size a 1 year old! So...my question to you guys is...

For comparison: Day 1 and today - Herbie is 7 months. Keep growing little one.

EDIT: Pictures got mixed up while uploading, so they're not in order. I posted about my leapard tortoises weight awhile ago wanting to know if he looked healthy, and if it seemed like he was on the right track in his growth. I mainly just wanted to know since I got Victor (my leapard) from...

Hi I’m slightly worried about my 5 year olds Russian tortoises shell growth. I noticed recently on one side it appears to have a larger gap between scutes. Is this normal ? if not what should I do. thanks

Hello, I have had a few issues with my tortoise and I am unsure how best to go forward. (he is about 3 and a half years old and is a Hermans tortoise. At the start of 2018 he was 37g but now we are at 706g. Gender is still unknown.) I got him a few years ago not long after he had been hatched...