I've just weighed Rodney, my 11 year old Sulcata, who joined our family in August of this year.
He is only 34 pounds in weight. (24 inches length up and over his shell.)
He had a very healthy appetite and is grazing even in very cold weather. I'm topping him up with readigrass every day and romaine, kale, spring greens twice a week.
I've read the other threads on here about various sulcata growth rates and how there is no average but Rodney appears to be way below what I would expect. His previous owner told me that he had a brother who was almost double Rodney's size, he died before I knew her. I wonder if the larger tortoise bullied Rodney and he missed out on food in the early years? She didn't soak either of them.
He is behaving normally, looks well, no parasites in his poo that are visible to me.
Do I just keep with his regular routine now of feeding and soaking and exercise and relax about his weight? Or should I be concerned and be doing something about this (if so, what?). Thank you for any responses.
He is only 34 pounds in weight. (24 inches length up and over his shell.)
He had a very healthy appetite and is grazing even in very cold weather. I'm topping him up with readigrass every day and romaine, kale, spring greens twice a week.
I've read the other threads on here about various sulcata growth rates and how there is no average but Rodney appears to be way below what I would expect. His previous owner told me that he had a brother who was almost double Rodney's size, he died before I knew her. I wonder if the larger tortoise bullied Rodney and he missed out on food in the early years? She didn't soak either of them.
He is behaving normally, looks well, no parasites in his poo that are visible to me.
Do I just keep with his regular routine now of feeding and soaking and exercise and relax about his weight? Or should I be concerned and be doing something about this (if so, what?). Thank you for any responses.