Cooper update.

[cemmons12]

LOVE LOVE LOVE his spikes.....and three words come to mind ; Sir chunk a dunk (okay, 4 words...lol) in all seriousness, he is beautiful. Where did you get him from as a baby? Perhaps he is from that gigantanormous line

Thanks Angela! You crack me the hell up! I honestly don't know if this place is good or bad, but this is where King Kong Cooper came from, www.the-woodysreptiles.com
I would love to know what his bro's and sis's look like now!

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Wow awesome pictures and super handsome tort, im amazed at the size and also jealous lol, i have 4 sulcatas that are almost 11 months old and they still small lol one is a strong 6 inches another is hitting 7 inches, one is just about to hit 6 inches and my smallest is almost 5 inches, i can and cant wait till theyre bigger lol

Thank you! I too am amazed at his size. I didn't expect him to be this size at this age! He just seems to gain like a pound a month, if not more. Good luck with your 4 kid's!

 

[ascott]

I wonder if you checked with the breeder if he would have heard anything from Coops brother and sisters?????? I looked at the site, interesting--appears that he combines old and new ways, pretty torts. However, while looking at the pics I tried to check out the spikes on their legs, none come even close to Coop....

 

[cemmons12]

I wonder if you checked with the breeder if he would have heard anything from Coops brother and sisters?????? I looked at the site, interesting--appears that he combines old and new ways, pretty torts. However, while looking at the pics I tried to check out the spikes on their legs, none come even close to Coop....

Well since we were talking about it, I decided to email James from Woody's Reptiles and sent him 2 pictures of Cooper and told him how much he weighed and how long he is. This was his reply:
"Chris, Do you live near a nuclear power plant? That thing is huge! What are you feeding it? I have some holdbacks from last year that are about 4-5" long. Your tortoise looks good though. I would expect to see large pyramids from that extreme growth but yours has a nice shell. They normally grow about 2-3" inches a year. How often do you feed it? What do you feed it? Thanx, James, Woody's Reptiles."

I thought some of you would find this funny, or maybe interesting, coming from the breeder I got Cooper from. I got a kick out of his response. Have a great day!

 

[l0velesly]

Wow, Cooper has grown a lot! Soon it will be hard to cuddle with him

 

[cemmons12]

Wow, Cooper has grown a lot! Soon it will be hard to cuddle with him

That's for sure! He still loves sleeping in bed. Once he is comfy he lays there as long as he can! And if we are in the living room watching tv he will lay on the big pillow as close to my head as he can. He is something else!

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

 

[NinjaTortoises]

Cooper out rock hunting, he loves to walk in rocks..

18 month's old.

Face front.

Next to a size 10 1/2 shoe.

The end...

Hi again, hey how big was your tortoise at 11 months?

 

[cemmons12]

I believe he was almost 7 inch's and right at 800 grams. He is just a fast growing monster!

 

[SulcataSquirt]

coops looking good!! I also got my sulcata from woody's reptile, in june 2010, not near as big as yours, bout 8 inches, his spurs are looking really similar to your coop. Ill have to post a recent picture of him, its been a while.

 

[NinjaTortoises]

I believe he was almost 7 inch's and right at 800 grams. He is just a fast growing monster!

Oh how cool mine is 11 months and is 6.5 long and 1000 grams but i can only hope it turns out like yours haha

 

[Linzbragg]

Well, I measured and weighed Cooper today, he is 12 inch's long and is 10.7lbs. So hard to believe my little 16 month old boy is this big already! He dont think he is big though. He still thinks he has to crawl up on my arm and sleep. Today we came back in the house, had his bath, and I let him run around in the living room. And like normal, he walks around for a whole 5 minutes looking things over and then has to be right where I am at. I had 3 of the couch pillows on the floor on the heating blanket and he just had to be on mine with me. Then when I got up to go outside to smoke, he had to walk over to the gate and watch and wait on me to come back inside. So I layed back down on the floor on my pillow and he walks back over to our lay down area and gets back on my pillow and goes to sleep. He is such a spoiled little boy! Hope when my time comes he will be able to make up to my wife or the person that takes my place without any problems. I know a lot of people dont think they have many feelings, but in Cooper's case, I will disagree 100%!
Have a great day my forum friends!!

I'm totally with you on the feelings thing! They definitely care about the people who take care of them. Does Cooper not poop and pee while he's walking around on the floor? Franklin sure does

 

[mainey34]

Lol, what a handsome guy you got there.

 

[cemmons12]

Well, I measured and weighed Cooper today, he is 12 inch's long and is 10.7lbs. So hard to believe my little 16 month old boy is this big already! He dont think he is big though. He still thinks he has to crawl up on my arm and sleep. Today we came back in the house, had his bath, and I let him run around in the living room. And like normal, he walks around for a whole 5 minutes looking things over and then has to be right where I am at. I had 3 of the couch pillows on the floor on the heating blanket and he just had to be on mine with me. Then when I got up to go outside to smoke, he had to walk over to the gate and watch and wait on me to come back inside. So I layed back down on the floor on my pillow and he walks back over to our lay down area and gets back on my pillow and goes to sleep. He is such a spoiled little boy! Hope when my time comes he will be able to make up to my wife or the person that takes my place without any problems. I know a lot of people dont think they have many feelings, but in Cooper's case, I will disagree 100%!
Have a great day my forum friends!!

I'm totally with you on the feelings thing! They definitely care about the people who take care of them. Does Cooper not poop and pee while he's walking around on the floor? Franklin sure does

Well, Cooper always gets a bath before he gets out on the floor, so that's an everyday thing. He has pee'd on the floor once in the past 5 months. He is a really good boy!
Now when I take him to the kitchen he knows to walk to the door, and when I open the door he walks right out. I have to say, I had to have got the smartest tort out of his breed group! Well I am getting ready to wiegh and measure Cooper for his 19th month, I will post it later today. Have a great day forum friends!

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coops looking good!! I also got my sulcata from woody's reptile, in june 2010, not near as big as yours, bout 8 inches, his spurs are looking really similar to your coop. Ill have to post a recent picture of him, its been a while.

Your the first person I know that got a Sulcata from there. He told me that he has 3 of Coopers siblings and that the biggest one is close to 6 inch's.

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Here are some pic's from the last 2 day's. He likes to stick his tongue out for the camera lol!

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Well, I measured and weighed Cooper today, he is 12 inch's long and is 10.7lbs. So hard to believe my little 16 month old boy is this big already! He dont think he is big though. He still thinks he has to crawl up on my arm and sleep. Today we came back in the house, had his bath, and I let him run around in the living room. And like normal, he walks around for a whole 5 minutes looking things over and then has to be right where I am at. I had 3 of the couch pillows on the floor on the heating blanket and he just had to be on mine with me. Then when I got up to go outside to smoke, he had to walk over to the gate and watch and wait on me to come back inside. So I layed back down on the floor on my pillow and he walks back over to our lay down area and gets back on my pillow and goes to sleep. He is such a spoiled little boy! Hope when my time comes he will be able to make up to my wife or the person that takes my place without any problems. I know a lot of people dont think they have many feelings, but in Cooper's case, I will disagree 100%!
Have a great day my forum friends!!

I'm totally with you on the feelings thing! They definitely care about the people who take care of them. Does Cooper not poop and pee while he's walking around on the floor? Franklin sure does

Well, Cooper always gets a bath before he gets out on the floor, so that's an everyday thing. He has pee'd on the floor once in the past 5 months. He is a really good boy!
Now when I take him to the kitchen he knows to walk to the door, and when I open the door he walks right out. I have to say, I had to have got the smartest tort out of his breed group! Well I am getting ready to wiegh and measure Cooper for his 19th month, I will post it later today. Have a great day forum friends!

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coops looking good!! I also got my sulcata from woody's reptile, in june 2010, not near as big as yours, bout 8 inches, his spurs are looking really similar to your coop. Ill have to post a recent picture of him, its been a while.

Your the first person I know that got a Sulcata from there. He told me that he has 3 of Coopers siblings and that the biggest one is close to 6 inch's.

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Here are some pic's from the last 2 day's. He likes to stick his tongue out for the camera lol!
Ok, we are 14 inch's long and right at 15 pounds! Goodnight my forum friends!

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[l0velesly]

Here are some pic's from the last 2 day's. He likes to stick his tongue out for the camera lol!

LOL!! So cute! He has sucha cute big tongue!

 

[cemmons12]

Here are some pic's from the last 2 day's. He likes to stick his tongue out for the camera lol!

LOL!! So cute! He has sucha cute big tongue!

LOL, thanks! Yeah, his big ole tongue cracks me up. He started sticking it out a lot when he is eating.

 

[LuckysGirl007]

I LOVE that tongue! Such personality!

 

[Linzbragg]

Lol mine loves walk rocking too. It's like he seeks out the driveway supposedly when I got mine, he was a yr old and I've had him for 9 months. He's gained a little less than 3 lbs and weighs 3lbs6oz now. He's a mere pipsqueak compared to Cooper (who looks and sounds amazing). Thanks for the tips on what to do before I let my man roam the inside and pics of Coop!

 

[NinjaTortoises]

Lol mine loves walk rocking too. It's like he seeks out the driveway supposedly when I got mine, he was a yr old and I've had him for 9 months. He's gained a little less than 3 lbs and weighs 3lbs6oz now. He's a mere pipsqueak compared to Cooper (who looks and sounds amazing). Thanks for the tips on what to do before I let my man roam the inside and pics of Coop!

How big is your tort haha

 

[Linzbragg]

How big is your tort haha

I don't had my notes with me but I believe he's about 6 inches on the plastron

 

[NinjaTortoises]

I don't had my notes with me but I believe he's about 6 inches on the plastron

Awesome just like my 3rd one, have fun raising yours