1289Gabe
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I got my tortoise as a baby last year for Christmas, but he wasn’t newly born, is there a way to determine his age? His plastron was kinda soft still when I got him.
You can only estimate if you don't know the hatch date. Did he have an egg tooth? Those drop off by around 6 weeks usually.I got my tortoise as a baby last year for Christmas, but he wasn’t newly born, is there a way to determine his age? His plastron was kinda soft still when I got him.
What’s a egg tooth? Also, here are the picksYou can only estimate if you don't know the hatch date. Did he have an egg tooth? Those drop off by around 6 weeks usually.
See the little sharp point at the tip of the snout? Egg tooth. They use that to get out of their egg. It fades away by around 6 week old. Most sulcata and leopard babies sold by most sellers still have one.
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Mine said that from them as well and im pretty sure he was much younger than they had lead me to believe...I can’t find any good pictures when I got him, but on the website (tortoise town), it was “well started baby”
By what they told me, well started means 6 months old ? I dont trust anything they say.So, @Tom what do you think? The website said it was well started baby, does that mean a few weeks, or more months?
"Well started" means housed, fed and cared for correctly, which they do not. Its not an indicator of age.So, @Tom what do you think? The website said it was well started baby, does that mean a few weeks, or more months?
Oh, so would he just be like, a few months? Or more like weeks?"Well started" means housed, fed and cared for correctly, which they do not. Its not an indicator of age.
Can we at least estimate what month?There is no way to know unless you know the hatch date.
It would just be a guess. What does this matter to you?Can we at least estimate what month?
Idk, just would like to know how old he is, for purposes like growth checks or stuff like thatIt would just be a guess. What does this matter to you?
Just start from the time you got him.Idk, just would like to know how old he is, for purposes like growth checks or stuff like that