After seeing John's eye-opening venture into growth rates in unrelated leopards...
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Examples-of-growth-rate#axzz1LmZgk8yk
...I though I'd traverse the same path with my young sulcata. The two normal phase (Climber and Jamie) are clutchmates...as are the two Ivory sulcata (Eggroll and Snowflake). Climber is the only male among the four...and I'm sure this is why he is much larger than the other three. Also, Snowflake suffered a devastating injury when she was two months old...so I'm positive this stunted her early development! I should also point out that when I acquired the two Ivories, they were BOTH larger than the two normal phase...All are on the same diet...Mazuri in the morning...cactus in the afternoon...and free to graze at their leisure!
I weighed and measured them about a month ago and those results can be seen here...
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Sulcata-Growth-Chart-w-pics#axzz1LmZgk8yk
Climber and Jamie aerial
Climber and Jamie ground level
Eggroll and Snowflake aerial
Eggroll and Snowflake ground level
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Examples-of-growth-rate#axzz1LmZgk8yk
...I though I'd traverse the same path with my young sulcata. The two normal phase (Climber and Jamie) are clutchmates...as are the two Ivory sulcata (Eggroll and Snowflake). Climber is the only male among the four...and I'm sure this is why he is much larger than the other three. Also, Snowflake suffered a devastating injury when she was two months old...so I'm positive this stunted her early development! I should also point out that when I acquired the two Ivories, they were BOTH larger than the two normal phase...All are on the same diet...Mazuri in the morning...cactus in the afternoon...and free to graze at their leisure!
I weighed and measured them about a month ago and those results can be seen here...
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Sulcata-Growth-Chart-w-pics#axzz1LmZgk8yk
Climber and Jamie aerial
Climber and Jamie ground level
Eggroll and Snowflake aerial
Eggroll and Snowflake ground level