HotdogKnight
Active Member
This question probably has a couple of levels to it.
Christmas last year, a neighbour bought his wife a Russian tortoise after seeing mine, and she loves reptiles and have various others.
To hide it from his wife, we looked after it (in a separate enclosure) for a week or so, and he took it back Christmas day. I bathed them both at the same time so the photos are here for comparison.
Anyway, here's my issue:
Their tortoise (who was supposedly the same age as my >2 year old) has grown much much quicker. I said from the beginning that theirs could be anything from a year older than mine, because it was showing signs of shell growth.
My tortoise is definitely 2.5 years now as I had contact with the breeder, I'm not sure where theirs is from.
Now I'm starting to think because of the growth rate theirs might not even possibly be a Russian?
Every so often I get sent a photo of theirs and it makes me consider maybe mine isn't growing at the rate it should be, but he's still very very young.
Photos enclosed.
(my Russian, now 2 years and 9 months) - most recent photo
(their 'Russian' apparently same age) - most recent photo
(bathing them both last Christmas, mine left, theirs right)
Christmas last year, a neighbour bought his wife a Russian tortoise after seeing mine, and she loves reptiles and have various others.
To hide it from his wife, we looked after it (in a separate enclosure) for a week or so, and he took it back Christmas day. I bathed them both at the same time so the photos are here for comparison.
Anyway, here's my issue:
Their tortoise (who was supposedly the same age as my >2 year old) has grown much much quicker. I said from the beginning that theirs could be anything from a year older than mine, because it was showing signs of shell growth.
My tortoise is definitely 2.5 years now as I had contact with the breeder, I'm not sure where theirs is from.
Now I'm starting to think because of the growth rate theirs might not even possibly be a Russian?
Every so often I get sent a photo of theirs and it makes me consider maybe mine isn't growing at the rate it should be, but he's still very very young.
Photos enclosed.
(my Russian, now 2 years and 9 months) - most recent photo
(their 'Russian' apparently same age) - most recent photo
(bathing them both last Christmas, mine left, theirs right)