CarolM
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Awe Thank you. "Blushing with a smile on my face"They’re exquisite! [emoji173]️[emoji173]️[emoji173]️[emoji173]️
Awe Thank you. "Blushing with a smile on my face"They’re exquisite! [emoji173]️[emoji173]️[emoji173]️[emoji173]️
Me too. It is my favorite position for them. Lets me know that they are totally relaxed and therefore happy chappies. And Hi back at your gang.I love it when they lay with their back legs like in the second picture!!
Hello gang!! Turt, Indu, Ster and Oleg say Hi back.
Thank you and you are most welcome. How are yours doing? They must be quite big by now.Great Job Carol, and thanks for the detailed records. Just awesome!!
Thank you Mark. Next time I will get them to pose facing me.Nice updated pix! Looking great down there.
Interesting. I wonder if the females grow at a much slower rate than the males for the Bowsprits. As my Rue is also growing at a very slow rate compared to Kang. Kang I do suspect is a male, as his face just looks male to me and he is just growing so big. He has now reached 400g and he is only 8 months old. Hope looks gorgeous and I see that she also has that little flair on her shell pattern like my Rue.View attachment 257853 Definetely growing and thriving but I think its a female and named “Hope” is around 300 grams and 2 years old . I have cut down on the feeding a little and have switched onto a high fiber diet. This pic was taken some time ago.
May I ask what the reason is for cutting down on the feeding a little?View attachment 257853 Definetely growing and thriving but I think its a female and named “Hope” is around 300 grams and 2 years old . I have cut down on the feeding a little and have switched onto a high fiber diet. This pic was taken some time ago.
Thank you. I must admit that I am quite amazed by his growth as well.I am cutting down on the high nutrition and store bought greens .moving towards a high fibre diet along with more cactus and grasses. She loves zucchini and Sweet potatoes and i am cutting her down . Males in general are larger in this species and Kang at 400 grams for a 8 month animal is amazing growth !!
Interesting. I wonder if the females grow at a much slower rate than the males for the Bowsprits. As my Rue is also growing at a very slow rate compared to Kang. Kang I do suspect is a male, as his face just looks male to me and he is just growing so big. He has now reached 400g and he is only 8 months old. Hope looks gorgeous and I see that she also has that little flair on her shell pattern like my Rue.
No harm at all. I thought it would be better if Kang got outside time for the full day on his own ( in the outside enclosure ) and the other three being smaller can enjoy the inside enclosure to themselves. But it was a thought. They can enjoy the status quo for a while longer. I remember now our discussion about the slow growth of dry started torts, I just forgot about the growth spurt after the 3 -4 year period. And seeing Hope's weight made me think that there might be a connection with growth and the sex of the tort. However you answered that one already and as you say time will tell.This is all fascinating, and time will tell, but I can share two things that relate.
For an animal that might reach 2000+ grams, I'd wait a little longer before going outside full time, but you are also in their native range and obviously in an area that suits them well too. It might be ok for you in that area, but what is the harm in waiting a while longer?
- When they are started a little on the dry side, it takes them a while to get growing good. Sometime 2-3 years.
- In my SA leopards, the males initially grew much faster than the females. The females caught up and had their own growth spurts around year 3 or 4. Same story with my Geochelone platynota. I have not seen this in sulcatas, and have not raised enough numbers other species from hatchling to adult to see such patterns, or the lack thereof.
Thank you.I absolutely love this thread and your beautiful Tortoises thank you so much for sharing looking forward to more pictures
Very interesting (tortoises look great!). My male eats snails when I give them to him which isn't often.I decided to let the little ones a little more freedom roaming the grass.
It is picture heavy but I do so love taking pics of my babies.
There are some butt pics of Rue.
@Sterant I caught Kang tucking into an empty snail shell. Next time I will find him one with the snail in it and see if he eats it.
And Whity came out to enjoy a Hibiscus flower as well. View attachment 259498View attachment 259499View attachment 259500View attachment 259501View attachment 259502View attachment 259503View attachment 259504View attachment 259505View attachment 259506View attachment 259507View attachment 259508View attachment 259509View attachment 259510View attachment 259511
The instinct is there. Because it was not something I put in front of him.Very interesting (tortoises look great!). My male eats snails when I give them to him which isn't often.
I decided to let the little ones a little more freedom roaming the grass.
It is picture heavy but I do so love taking pics of my babies.
There are some butt pics of Rue.
@Sterant I caught Kang tucking into an empty snail shell. Next time I will find him one with the snail in it and see if he eats it.
And Whity came out to enjoy a Hibiscus flower as well. View attachment 259498View attachment 259499View attachment 259500View attachment 259501View attachment 259502View attachment 259503View attachment 259504View attachment 259505View attachment 259506View attachment 259507View attachment 259508View attachment 259509View attachment 259510View attachment 259511
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