Here is my chart, sadly I have to use a WordPad, so it's no Excel, but it gets the job done.
He was supposedly 3-4 months old when I got him, so I made his "Birthday" in between that, he's 3.5 months old when arrived, which makes his Birthday April 1st (And he's a jokester too!, Ok as much as a Tortoise can be).
Thor Growth Chart (bah, the chart is slightly messed up here, as it doesn't allow big spaces between words, so it got compacted.)
Arrived: 7-15-09 at 3-4 months old
One Year Marker: April 1st.
Current Age: 13 months 25 days.
-Date- | SCL (mm) | Width (mm) | Weight (g)
4-26-10 | 70 mm | 56 mm | 75g
5-3-10 | 71 mm | 56 mm | 80g
5-10-10 | 72 mm | 57 mm | 82g
5-17-10 | 73 mm | 58 mm | 88g
5-24-10 | 73 mm | 58 mm | 84g
The week of 5-10 to 5-17 I ended up giving him 3 Mazuri pellets (not all at once
). Usually I only give him two a week, so that's why you see a 6g increase.
The week of 5-17 to 5-24 he started eating grass, so right now I am still figuring out how much grass is needed to make up the less greens he's eating. So that's why you see a small dive in weight. Going by grass weight alone, I need 3 times as much grass (volume) as I do greens to keep him at a steady growth. Which is a LOT of food.
Also, I weighed him at 9am each time, Before he eats. But for all I know, some of these days he could have pooped just before, or didn't poop, varying the numbers.
I'll have to take a picture of the bundle of grass I pick to show how much it actually is. He'll usually eat about 2/3 to 3/4 of it, and I cut it into like 1/2" pieces.
So once May 31st hits, we'll see if he gained weight from the 84g, and if so, I have the "right amount" for now.
He was supposedly 3-4 months old when I got him, so I made his "Birthday" in between that, he's 3.5 months old when arrived, which makes his Birthday April 1st (And he's a jokester too!, Ok as much as a Tortoise can be).
Thor Growth Chart (bah, the chart is slightly messed up here, as it doesn't allow big spaces between words, so it got compacted.)
Arrived: 7-15-09 at 3-4 months old
One Year Marker: April 1st.
Current Age: 13 months 25 days.
-Date- | SCL (mm) | Width (mm) | Weight (g)
4-26-10 | 70 mm | 56 mm | 75g
5-3-10 | 71 mm | 56 mm | 80g
5-10-10 | 72 mm | 57 mm | 82g
5-17-10 | 73 mm | 58 mm | 88g
5-24-10 | 73 mm | 58 mm | 84g
The week of 5-10 to 5-17 I ended up giving him 3 Mazuri pellets (not all at once
). Usually I only give him two a week, so that's why you see a 6g increase.The week of 5-17 to 5-24 he started eating grass, so right now I am still figuring out how much grass is needed to make up the less greens he's eating. So that's why you see a small dive in weight. Going by grass weight alone, I need 3 times as much grass (volume) as I do greens to keep him at a steady growth. Which is a LOT of food.
Also, I weighed him at 9am each time, Before he eats. But for all I know, some of these days he could have pooped just before, or didn't poop, varying the numbers.
I'll have to take a picture of the bundle of grass I pick to show how much it actually is. He'll usually eat about 2/3 to 3/4 of it, and I cut it into like 1/2" pieces.
So once May 31st hits, we'll see if he gained weight from the 84g, and if so, I have the "right amount" for now.
