Weighing and measureing my torts

[testtudude]

I bought a scale so I can now weigh my two female Russian tortoises Torti and Tessi. I also measured them by putting their front against a wall and a ruler against their butt, taking them away and measuring the space between. Is this ok? Torti is (4 1/2" / 11.4cm) and 11.5oz/ 325g. Tessi is (4 5/8" / 11.7cm) and 13oz/ 350g. Sound good? Any guess on ages? From perco so prob wild caught.

 

[mctlong]

Sounds like you've got it down.

Its impossible to get an exact age on wild caughts (WCs), but the Petco RTs are generally subadults to adults around 3-8 years old.

 

[wellington]

Ditto. Except i'v heard Petco RT guessed at around 5-6 years, never heard upto 8 years, not to say its not possible.

 

[testtudude]

Cool thanks guys. I am gonna keep measuring them to check there progress. It's odd to me that Torti and Tessi are almost the same length but Tessi is so much more heavy. It shows too lol. I don't want an obese tort.