Hello! My older tortoise Shiao-Heh is 1 yr and 8 months old, and she was about 3.5" and 176 grams when I measured her last month. My younger tortoise Panda George is 11 months old, and she was about 2.1" and 78 grams when I measured her last month.
I have a question about their plastron. It seems like Panda George's plastron is concave and the central line is raised like a ridge. I wouldn't even notice it till I noticed that Shiao-Heh's plastron is completely flat. After doing some research on the forum,
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread...manns-Normal?highlight=plastron#axzz1lujdWzm7
They were talking about it could be accelerated growth?
Does it mean PG is growing too fast? I'm a little bit confused because PG is definitely growing a lot slower than SH. SH was a lot bigger when she was at PG's age...
I decided to post some pictures of them. Could anybody help me take a look at it? I'm also worried about PG's beak too... Her beak seems to be a lot outward (not sure how to describe it) than SH's, even though she is younger and smaller!
If it's indeed accelerated growth, how do I prevent it from getting worse?
I feed them all different kind of greens. They get vit+D3 once a week, TNT with probiotics twice a week, Calcium powder twice a week, and Probiotics once a week. The basking area is about 90-100 degree, and there are also heat lamps too. I only soaked them once or twice a week before, but I'm now soaking them 4-5 times a week started 3 weeks ago.
Here are some pics of Panda George:
Here are some pics of Shiao-Heh:
Right now they are living in the same tank but there is a wall in between them so they don't have access to each other. I used to have them together a several months but I realized PG was just too small so I separated them and they have been separated for 6 months now. Is there any chance that PG would catch up so that I can put them back together? It was so cute when they were living together!!
Thank you for reading my super long post...
Any suggestions and opinions are appreciated!!
kiki
I have a question about their plastron. It seems like Panda George's plastron is concave and the central line is raised like a ridge. I wouldn't even notice it till I noticed that Shiao-Heh's plastron is completely flat. After doing some research on the forum,
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread...manns-Normal?highlight=plastron#axzz1lujdWzm7
They were talking about it could be accelerated growth?
Does it mean PG is growing too fast? I'm a little bit confused because PG is definitely growing a lot slower than SH. SH was a lot bigger when she was at PG's age...
I decided to post some pictures of them. Could anybody help me take a look at it? I'm also worried about PG's beak too... Her beak seems to be a lot outward (not sure how to describe it) than SH's, even though she is younger and smaller!
If it's indeed accelerated growth, how do I prevent it from getting worse?
I feed them all different kind of greens. They get vit+D3 once a week, TNT with probiotics twice a week, Calcium powder twice a week, and Probiotics once a week. The basking area is about 90-100 degree, and there are also heat lamps too. I only soaked them once or twice a week before, but I'm now soaking them 4-5 times a week started 3 weeks ago.
Here are some pics of Panda George:
Here are some pics of Shiao-Heh:
Right now they are living in the same tank but there is a wall in between them so they don't have access to each other. I used to have them together a several months but I realized PG was just too small so I separated them and they have been separated for 6 months now. Is there any chance that PG would catch up so that I can put them back together? It was so cute when they were living together!!
Thank you for reading my super long post...
Any suggestions and opinions are appreciated!!
kiki
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