weight gain

hello fellow tortoise owners I’ve got a 9 month old western Hermann tortoise and was wondering by how much she should be growing monthly in weight and length. And when I should weigh her. At the moment I weigh her on the 2nd day of every month. I would appreciate any advice and support/ feedback...

Hello! I have a 3 month old red foot tortoise old who is not really gaining weight. He weighs 51 grams today and he weighed 50 grams on July 5th. He is eating and active in the mornings/early afternoon, his enclosure temps are around 85° during the day with about 95° basking area and temps do...

Good morning, all! Thanks to everyone's help, my baby tort is doing well and just hit the 6 month mark. Much appreciated. My question today is about my tort's weight gain, more specifically how much weight is too much? Below is the measurements I have taken since I got him in January: Jan...

He is spike and he didn't pooped in a while and gaining weight... I just want you guys to check if something is wrong here.... Here are the pictures.. Some important points... 1] he was sick before, he had ri but now he is good eating good but not pooping. 2] his enclosure temperature is...

Hey all! I have a seven-month-old baby Leopard Tortoise. About a week ago I rescued a one-year-old baby Leopard Tortoise. My Leopard Tortoise is half the size of the one that I rescued and still weighs more than the rescue. I’m trying to help it put on a little weight as it feels really light...

My eastern hermann's tortoise has grown 30g (roughly 1 oz), SCL has grown 1.4cm (roughly 0.55 inch) in 4 weeks. He was a hatchling when I first got him at 5.1cm SCL, 29.1 Should I be worried that he's growing too quickly? I did read an article that states rapid weight gain is a sign of illness...

I’m starting to see a pattern here with my baby Hermann... I weigh her most days, and while she has gained 8g in the 4+weeks she has been here, most days there is no weight gain, or just a 1g difference. Her diet is a rotation of plantain, mulberry, chicory, grape, clover with some extra dried...

I’ve had 2 tortoises for just over a month and like a lot of people I wanted to make sure they were eating enough but now I’ve realised they’re overweight. They’re both around 11 months old, I used the Jackson ratio and found one to be 0.239 (6.7cm) and the other one is 0.256 (6.2cm). Because...

I weighed my 1 year old tortoise today and am concerned with the results. I have not had him very long but here are his weights so far: 1/7/18 - 59 grams 29/7/18 - 68 grams 31/8/18 - 72 grams 3/10/18 - 68 grams I am concerned about him loosing weight as he is a growing tortoise. Is this...

Hello all. I am back after the first real week of Steve and George being in a rudimentary closed chambers. Around 80% humidity, 83 degrees F day and 79 degrees F night, 3 soaks that last 30 minutes each, and 2 hours of outside time. I have been feeding Steve and George: romaine lettuce...