Brown Burmese Mountain Tortoise Growth Rate

[jonelle]

Hey guys,

I acquired a young brown burmese mountain tortoise (manouria emys) and have been measuring carapace length and circumfrence for about a year now (Hatch date: 10/31/14, acquired 7/2015) and was curious if anyone had a growth chart I could compare it to.
He seems to be growing awfully fast, which I know is common.
I've attached a few pictures of my dude, Maleko (translates to warrior) just for your enjoyment
Thanks in advance!

 

[Linhdan Nguyen]

Hey guys,

I acquired a young brown burmese mountain tortoise (manouria emys) and have been measuring carapace length and circumfrence for about a year now (Hatch date: 10/31/14, acquired 7/2015) and was curious if anyone had a growth chart I could compare it to.
He seems to be growing awfully fast, which I know is common.
I've attached a few pictures of my dude, Maleko (translates to warrior) just for your enjoyment
Thanks in advance! View attachment 176768 View attachment 176769 View attachment 176770 View attachment 176771 View attachment 176772

He has the SWEETEST face ❤️

 

[jonelle]

He has the SWEETEST face ❤️

He IS pretty adorable, but also ornery!

 

[lisa127]

He IS pretty adorable, but also ornery!

Then send him to me! I'm in love!

 

[MichaelaW]

I have growth charts but it may be a little bit before I have time to get them up here. They do grow very fast under the right conditions.

 

[Gillian M]

Very good looking.

 

[MichaelaW]

Here are my growth charts. These are the Manouria emys emys (brown mountain).

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Hey guys,

I acquired a young brown burmese mountain tortoise (manouria emys) and have been measuring carapace length and circumfrence for about a year now (Hatch date: 10/31/14, acquired 7/2015) and was curious if anyone had a growth chart I could compare it to.
He seems to be growing awfully fast, which I know is common.
I've attached a few pictures of my dude, Maleko (translates to warrior) just for your enjoyment
Thanks in advance! View attachment 176768 View attachment 176769 View attachment 176770 View attachment 176771 View attachment 176772

Stunning!
Thanks for posting.

 

[TammyJ]

What a cutie pie!

 

[jonelle]

Here are my growth charts. These are the Manouria emys emys (brown mountain).

Thanks so much for the charts! Can you elaborate on what SCL stands for please?

 

[MichaelaW]

You're welcome! Love those guys! SCL means straight carapace length.

 

[MEEJogja]

Did you keep this up @MichaelaW ? I'd be interested to see this over a longer time period. I am trying to determine a likely age for mine. Thanks!

 

[jsheffield]

I've got an MEP, so it'd probably be apples to oranges.

My Aretha is 1.5 years old, and during her monthly health-check today (first of the month), I bet she'll be within spitting distance of the 1000g mark.

Jamie

 

[MEEJogja]

Thanks @jsheffield
All mine are MEE's, which I think don't grow as large as MEP's, but I don't know if that means anything for the growth rate.
I did my first weigh in with them today, I've got more or less a 3000 female, and a 3300 and 4000 male - Anyone care to take a guess?
My partners family had them for 'around 4 or 5 years' before we took them, but the information is very sparse. They were apparently small (imagine me holding my hands apart at some arbitrary width) when they got them.

 

[Yvonne G]

Did you keep this up @MichaelaW ? I'd be interested to see this over a longer time period. I am trying to determine a likely age for mine. Thanks!

The OP hasn't been back here in four years and Michaela in two.

 

[MEEJogja]

The OP hasn't been back here in four years and Michaela in two.

I did a reasonable amount of Googling with the time I had, and this thread was the best lead. I thought it worth asking, just in case an email prompted Michaela to pop her head up, or someone else saw it and posted their weigh in results. You never know!