Meet grandpa Joe

[NorCal tortoise guy]

Joe seems to have hit a low growing patch
Josephine how ever continue a full speed
I can’t wait to get them outside full time

 

[maggie3fan]

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Joe seems to have hit a low growing patch View attachment 315609
Josephine how ever continue a full speed
I can’t wait to get them outside full time

So awesome

 

[phengx83]

wow! they gotten big!

 

[NorCal tortoise guy]

Well it finally happened...Grandpa Joe maxed out the scale!!
Upgraded to the bigger scale!

 

[NorCal tortoise guy]

Josephine!

 

[EllieMay]

These guys/gals are gorgeous!

 

[NorCal tortoise guy]

These guys/gals are gorgeous!

Thank you! We sure love/enjoy having them!

 

[maggie3fan]

It kinda looks to me like their growth does not seem to happen as quickly as Sulcata. Yes, I know how big they get, my sister had 2 Bo and So (big one and small one), and it just seem to me that the bigger tort's growth is not as fast as Sulcata. And btw, they look super good

 

[NorCal tortoise guy]

It kinda looks to me like their growth does not seem to happen as quickly as Sulcata. Yes, I know how big they get, my sister had 2 Bo and So (big one and small one), and it just seem to me that the bigger tort's growth is not as fast as Sulcata. And btw, they look super good

There growth lines come and go fast once they get dark it’s hard to tell what is new. I think they grow faster then Sulcatas but I done have any evidence I haven’t really been tracking it well. But the growth rate of a well started sulcata is a sight to see for sure

 

[maggie3fan]

There growth lines come and go fast once they get dark it’s hard to tell what is new. I think they grow faster then Sulcatas but I done have any evidence I haven’t really been tracking it well. But the growth rate of a well started sulcata is a sight to see for sure

I remember sitting in the Aldab pen at Y's, just watching her 2. I have posted before about Dudley, her Sulcata, chasing me. He is 100+, probably about 125 lbs. He looks menacing and when in his pen you'd better keep a eye out. But Bo and So were slow moving and they just acted like giant rocks. I really had sympathy for Y when either tort stayed out past bed time, how do you move a 200 pound rock???????? Dudley

 

[NorCal tortoise guy]

I remember sitting in the Aldab pen at Y's, just watching her 2. I have posted before about Dudley, her Sulcata, chasing me. He is 100+, probably about 125 lbs. He looks menacing and when in his pen you'd better keep a eye out. But Bo and So were slow moving and they just acted like giant rocks. I really had sympathy for Y when either tort stayed out past bed time, how do you move a 200 pound rock???????? Dudley
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Dudley is a good looking tortoise wish I have made it there to see the Aldabras

 

[NorCal tortoise guy]

Joe

Josephine

 

[NorCal tortoise guy]

Yesterday joe was 14.8 lbs
And Josephine was 3663 grams

 

[maggie3fan]

Yesterday joe was 14.8 lbs View attachment 321446
And Josephine was 3663 grams View attachment 321447

She has an old injury on the carapace?

 

[NorCal tortoise guy]

She has an old injury on the carapace?

No that is an irregular scoot

 

[maggie3fan]

No that is an irregular scoot

OK, now that I know, I can see it...