Growth Rate

[Radiated]

What is the average growth rate for yniphoras and radiateds?
How can u make them grow faster? I can't really change the food intake, is there another way? Change of diet maybe? Certain supplements, veggies, fruits, grasses?

Thanks

 

[ascott]

I can not imagine why you would want to accelerate the growth beyond a normal regular pace?

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

I can not imagine why you would want to accelerate the growth beyond a normal regular pace?

 

[Jacob]

You don't want to rush growth, you can feed a good varied diet tho.
If you feed muzuri and a good diet your tortoise will grow at a nice rate

 

[Radiated]

What are some good greens to feed that are healthy?
What is the best mix of greens? How fast do they usually grow?


Thanks

 

[tortoises101]

Tortoises that are fed animal protein often experience rapid growth. As the shell grows, there usually isn't enough calcium to support the demand and the bone density of the underlying shell structure (beneath the keratin) becomes weak and results in deformity. The liver and kidneys of the tortoise are also more suited to deal with plant matter, and an animal protein-filled diet will undoubtedly give liver and kidney problems.

Don't do anything risky to your tortoises.

 

[Jacob]

Im not too experienced with yniphoria's.


found this online:




loughshare tortoises are largely herbivorous. Their diet consists of many types of fruits, leaves, and the feces of some animals including lemurs (Lemuriformes) and introduced bushpigs (Potamochoerus larvatus). They eat the leaves of shrubs but rarely eat bamboo leaves, which can contain high levels of cyanide. They forage on the grass Heteropogon contortus, but favor the shrub Bauhinia pervillei (A. Mandimbihasina, pers. comm.). (Ernst, et al., 1997; Gibson, 2003; Honolulu Zoo, 2008; Pedrono, 2008)

At the Honolulu zoo, a female ploughshare tortoise is fed on alternate days with browse and a mixed diet. Browse includes sweet potato vines, flowers and leaves of hibiscus, dandelion, Opuntia, or hau. The mixed diet consists of ground carrots and celery as well as cut up orange, apple, and banana. This mixed diet also includes horse pellets, made of bionate and calcium (D. Uyeda, pers. comm.).



i don't know how much of this is correct tho..

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CAPTIVE BRED GROWTH RATE CHART I FOUND :




WEIGHT
(grams) CARAPACE STRAIGHT
LENGTH (mm) SHELL HEIGHT
(mm) SHELL HEIGHT
(mm)
1 day 24.5 42 - 36
10 day 25.6 46 25 39
0.5 yr 76.6 65 41 56
1.0 yr 113 74 51 64
1.5 yr 174 80 59 71
2.0 yr 280 95 71 83
2.5 yr 368 103 78 91
2.9 yr 512 - - -
4.2 yr 927 140 105 118
5.0 yr 1490 - - -
6.0 yr 2340 - -
6.8 yr 3100 225 165 170

 

[tortoises101]

By the way, here's a diet from project Angonoka, a ploughshare breeding site near the Baly Bay Region of Madagascar.

At the Madagascar breeding programs, captive breeders have accepted approximately 28 wild plant species, and the diet is supplemented with locally grown bananas, papayas, Opuntia cactus, tomatoes, mangoes, and pumpkins.

The local plants are the ones Jacob provided.