The life of Yoda - an Indian Star Tortoise

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Hi all!
On the 13th of June, we received two beautiful star tortoises and decided to call them Yoda and Dobby. They were hatched on the 2nd of April, so only two months old.
When we received them they were 35g and approximately 5cm big, or small.

This was the first picture take, when we just received them:IMG-20200613-WA0032.jpg

A few weeks/months and lots of reading on this forum later, it turned out they didn't like each other. They started to be quite aggresive towards each other, and although sometimes it looked quite funny (two of those mini tortoises biting in the other ones carapace, of course they couldn't do a thing; they're mouths were simply to tiny), we knew it wasn't much fun for the both of them having to life together. So, we decided to sell one of them (luckily to a family member of mine), who was willing to take in Dobby. Dobby will be picked up within a few weeks, and then I will continue posting picture of the life of Yoda.

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For now, both of them are almost 60g (59g to be precise), and life somewhat happily together.
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Oh, and sometimes they aren't the smartest: "ABOARD MISSION YODA, ABOARD MISSION, you don't want to go down that road". Luckily, he aboarded. IMG-20200919-WA0008.jpg
 

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They're growing like beasts. Last week, Yoda hit 61 g, while today he's already on 65g!
 

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IMG_0160[1].JPGSo this weekend we said goodbye to Dobby and from now on they continue to life seperated. In the mean time, Yoda hit 71g today! He's becomming quite big already (2x times the weight now when we compared to when we first got them).


Yoda is absolutely no diva since he's a bit shy, so taking a picture from him is not something he enjoys much I think haha.
 

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May I ask what happened to Dobby? Your tortoise is beautiful
 

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I think that was a great decision, and you can still visit...win win
 

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Havent updated this thread for a while now, but everything is going great! Yoda enjoys her time as a tortoise, and is growing like crazy (200+ grams). We are currently designing a new enclosure for her, as the one she has now is a bit small.
 

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Yoda is getting huge, almost 500g by now. Her current enclosure is becoming too small (only 45x90cm), and her new one is almost ready! Excited to move her to her new enclosure and see how see likes it.

This is her old/current enclosure:
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And this is going to be her new one. So it consists out of two parts. For now, we will only be using the upper part that is 75x200 cm. When she will be bigger (and when our house is bigger as well :p), we can put the lower part (that the upper part is standing on) next to the upper part and it will be one big enclosure of 150x200 cm. So hopefully were settled for the future.
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wow this post help me to know more
How is Yoda now?
would Yoda is a female?
 

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