Defining age range

[Sammy5.2013]

This might be a silly question but cannot find the answer. How do you define baby vs. juvenile etc?

Thanks, Lee

 

[hunterk997]

Mainly by size, if actual age isn't available.


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[Sammy5.2013]

Mainly by size, if actual age isn't available.


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I do know he is almost 2 months old

 

[hunterk997]

I would consider a juvenile at around three or four inches, that is relatively a younger age.


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[abclements]

Baby is a loose term here on the tort forum, people even refer to their fully grown sulcatas as "babies" sometimes lol! Anyways in all seriousness, there is no set rules for age groups like we have for humans. Typically I see, hatchlings, yearlings, juveniles, sub adults, and adults.

Hatchlings: just born to 8ish months

Yearlings: 8ish months to 15ish months

Juveniles: 15monthish to puberty

Sub adults: puberty to full grown (sexually able to breed but still too small to be successful, kinda like a 14 or 15 year old girl having a baby)

Adults: full sexual maturity to death

This is my definition of age groups and they do differ person to person, but I feel like mines pretty middle ground.

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Going by size is sometimes the only option due to not knowing a hatch date, but it can be very misleading sometimes. This is because no tort grows at the same rate and some 4 or 5 year old tort can be the size of a Yearling due to poor health or poor care etc...

 

[Sammy5.2013]

Baby is a loose term here on the tort forum, people even refer to their fully grown sulcatas as "babies" sometimes lol! Anyways in all seriousness, there is no set rules for age groups like we have for humans. Typically I see, hatchlings, yearlings, juveniles, sub adults, and adults.

Hatchlings: just born to 8ish months

Yearlings: 8ish months to 15ish months

Juveniles: 15monthish to puberty

Sub adults: puberty to full grown (sexually able to breed but still too small to be successful, kinda like a 14 or 15 year old girl having a baby)

Adults: full sexual maturity to death

This is my definition of age groups and they do differ person to person, but I feel like mines pretty middle ground.

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Going by size is sometimes the only option due to not knowing a hatch date, but it can be very misleading sometimes. This is because no tort grows at the same rate and some 4 or 5 year old tort can be the size of a Yearling due to poor health or poor care etc...

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Thank you. That helps me out a lot. I am always looking for information about them so I don't mess up with my "baby" hatchling.