Geochelone_Carbonaria said:He sure is a BIG good looking Cherry, JD !
Don't get me wrong, but he's so huge that it nearly looks like he's going to burst any second ?
How much does he weigh ?
N2TORTS said:Mike...." Oscar is the biggest cherry I have ,,,,and wieghed in this morning at just shy of 6 pounds...I thought he might be heavier than that since he dwarfs any other cherrys I own. The next biggest male is right around 4.5 pounds........how about your guys?
JD~
WOWO MIKE!!!!Geochelone_Carbonaria said:N2TORTS said:Mike...." Oscar is the biggest cherry I have ,,,,and wieghed in this morning at just shy of 6 pounds...I thought he might be heavier than that since he dwarfs any other cherrys I own. The next biggest male is right around 4.5 pounds........how about your guys?
JD~
Show me yours and I'll show you mine ? Let's compare sizes then...
I really got a bit surprised when I measured my Cherry males compared to yours :
The biggest one is 258 mm, that's just a bit over 10 inches, but the weight is 3470 grams and that's 7.65 pounds ! This one is approx 15 years old and still growing.
The next biggest one is 250 mm, that's just a bit under 10 inches, and the weight is 2809 grams and that's 6.19 pounds ! This male is 36 years old and the one with split scutes and he is not growing anymore.
My third male is much smaller, so I didn't measure him at all, my estimate of him is about 150 mm and 1000 grams...
Odd ! Or have I made something wrong during the conversion from grams to pounds ?
As far as the boy'z ...in my case ( excluding the redfoots) I have 3 large cherrys males kept with 9 females....all 10" + and kept together" . My males really dont fight per say .. but will bully around each other and even mounting the other from time to time. But this only happens with 2 of them , the other is very quiet and shy , but also a tad bit smaller than the other two. The wild thing is the mid size is actually the ruler...and most personality ( he is the one who sneaks into the house ALL the time ) ....but he earned it , Ive had him the longest and at first Oscar use to just walk all over him.....but " mortoise" gaurded his "grounds" . I have had in the past with an introduction of a new tort, some of the biting ect...but after watching them closely for hours upon hours.... they tend to " get over it " and seek their own spot. Of course all of this can vary with time of year , and breeding season ect .... . Torts are protected pretty darn well and not much damged if the same size tort is pestering it .... but bottom line if YOU think its unsafe ....then I would spit them . How many females are being kept with your boyz' ?
