I'm really shocked as well, 1.5 weeks, and only eating grass...
I give greens and weeds to my aldabra and he's not growing that fast as yours.
I give greens and weeds to my aldabra and he's not growing that fast as yours.
The Blossom Thread.
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Yellow Turtle said:
* Just a note, our large adults show distinctive new growth during the rainy season when the grass is plentiful and most nutritional. We rarely see new growth during the winter months when they are supplemented!
tortadise said:
* Fantastic! (Pictures please)
tortadise said:
* Aldabra heaven!
ALDABRAMAN said:
Here we go. No weeds in site. Not too certain which species of Burmuda are still present in this enclosure. I seeded it 8 years ago. Retilled and seeded again 4 years ago. I used, buffalo, couch, common, Giant, and Texas tough bermuda. I also tried some zoigia grass. A few others I dont remember. I just bought a bunch of seeds mixed them together and seeded everything with it. Its very lush and plentiful. No weeds at all, which I kinda wish their were some at least.
Blossom Loves it for sure.
Her pond she gets in from time to time. Has plants in it. So I believe this is a good natural water source with enriched plant bi-product.
She also dug up around this Yucca plant. Its pretty cool. Its just deep enough for her to nestle in. She can be found here during the hottest parts of the day and seeks shelter from the large leaves of the Yucca. There are two yucca plants in this enclosure both she has excavated for shelter. But chose this plant due to its larger size than the other. Smart animals they are.
Its very lush and plentiful // Blossom Loves it for sure.
* Looks fantastic!
* Looks fantastic!
Thanks Greg. I found it interesting about the Yucca. Have you ever seen any of the little guys do this around plants?
tortadise said:
* Ours prefer live plants for shade/shelter also. They dig in near the base, especially the smaller ones!
ALDABRAMAN said:
Greg here is a photo of how the growth spurts start. Day one it looks like this. Very thin whitish gray line.
Then after a few days it will broaden and turn more gray.
tortadise said:
* Looks great!
August 27th 2013 Stats
Age-Approximately 5-6 months old
DOB-4-5-13 or so of guess
Purchase date-6-26-2013
Size upon receiving-4 1/8" Size today 5 1/4"
Weight-523 grams
Origin-Mauritius, Africa
Seller-Sam Pascucci(Florida Iguana)
The last measurement was done all wrong. My mom used the tape incorrectly. So yeah she did NOT grow over an 1" in a week. haha. She is still growing like a weed. But nice and slow smooth growth. Which is my goal for the little bugger.
Here she is running away from being picked up.
Nice and smooth still with good growth lines.
Age-Approximately 5-6 months old
DOB-4-5-13 or so of guess
Purchase date-6-26-2013
Size upon receiving-4 1/8" Size today 5 1/4"
Weight-523 grams
Origin-Mauritius, Africa
Seller-Sam Pascucci(Florida Iguana)
The last measurement was done all wrong. My mom used the tape incorrectly. So yeah she did NOT grow over an 1" in a week. haha. She is still growing like a weed. But nice and slow smooth growth. Which is my goal for the little bugger.
Here she is running away from being picked up.
Nice and smooth still with good growth lines.
tortadise said:
* Very nice!
Blossom loves the water hole for sure on hot summer days.
tortadise said:
* She looks like she is having fun!
She does love the little reeds in her pond. Its her shelter during the day when she decides not to hang out under her yucca. She is still at the stage of "run, run as fast as I can away" someone is looking at me. Ha. I remember talking with you Greg about noticing different personalities of the sexes when they are little. Could you elaborate a little more on that? Like are females noticeably more reserved and the males are more outgoing and spastic like at this age/size?
tortadise said:
* That is a real complex question, lol! Actually we think that the younger females actually display more reserved and skittish behaviors and males seem way more confident and less skittish. The few that we have held back or from actual customer testimonies this seems to be the most valid and observed patterns. Just as a note, the one we have that is close to the same size as yours displays a bold, non skittish, and has a high confidence and is already extremely trusting leading us to believe he is a male.
Well its been a while since updated. Blossom has been moved into the greenhouse for winter time. Shell is still miraculously smooth. She is 855 grams now.
Blossom is a cool little tort, Your Blossom and Gregs TUFF just might have to meet up some years down the road
Looking great there Kelly.
tortadise said:Shell is still miraculously smooth.
* Beautiful!
bigred said:
* Imagine that!
ALDABRAMAN said:tortadise said:Shell is still miraculously smooth.
* Beautiful!
bigred said:
* Imagine that!
Hahaha You just never know
