Our Russian has gained 500+ grams and grown approximately one and a half inches in the three years since we found her; now weighing over 1200 grams and measuring a little over six and a half inches. We presume she is under twenty years old although who knows.
I don’t know that she’ll keep up this kind of increase but think it’s reasonable to think she’ll be at eight inches in twenty years, when I’m packing up for the retirement home. That’s a good size for a Russian female but not huge. Nor are Russians rare in the U.S. She’s special to me but that’s probably it!
I’ll be looking for someone local when the time comes. Just a tortoise lover, not a collector or breeder. But watching her grow, I’m wondering if anyone else might want her, and for what?
Thoughts?
I don’t know that she’ll keep up this kind of increase but think it’s reasonable to think she’ll be at eight inches in twenty years, when I’m packing up for the retirement home. That’s a good size for a Russian female but not huge. Nor are Russians rare in the U.S. She’s special to me but that’s probably it!
I’ll be looking for someone local when the time comes. Just a tortoise lover, not a collector or breeder. But watching her grow, I’m wondering if anyone else might want her, and for what?
Thoughts?