Greek Tortoise left out overnight and health questions

Grxciea

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My 5 Year old Greek tortoise was left out last night due to my father letting her outside and carelessly forgetting about her. I was not at home during this time and got back panicking and got her straight into the warmth. Although its July, the UK weather has not been the best and the temperate last night ranges from 10 degrees Celsius to around 12 at the hottest. She does seem okay but i am aware tortoises can be notorious for hiding underlying issues.

Another question is i am worried about her size because i cannot find any information on Greek tortoise growth progress. As posted before on
this forum, my old tortoise Mavis had a growth problem making her grow too fast for her organs causing her to be put down. This is mainly a concern due to them being from the same breeder. However for Rhiannon its the opposite and has always been quite small although i can’t make a good comparison due to no found knowledge and the only thing i can compare it to is Mavis’s faulty growth.

I will provide some photos of later as i need to take recent ones. if any more are needed with specific details let me know. I’ll get back to you as soon as i am home from school.
 

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My 5 Year old Greek tortoise was left out last night due to my father letting her outside and carelessly forgetting about her. I was not at home during this time and got back panicking and got her straight into the warmth. Although its July, the UK weather has not been the best and the temperate last night ranges from 10 degrees Celsius to around 12 at the hottest. She does seem okay but i am aware tortoises can be notorious for hiding underlying issues.

Another question is i am worried about her size because i cannot find any information on Greek tortoise growth progress. As posted before on
this forum, my old tortoise Mavis had a growth problem making her grow too fast for her organs causing her to be put down. This is mainly a concern due to them being from the same breeder. However for Rhiannon its the opposite and has always been quite small although i can’t make a good comparison due to no found knowledge and the only thing i can compare it to is Mavis’s faulty growth.

I will provide some photos of later as i need to take recent ones. if any more are needed with specific details let me know. I’ll get back to you as soon as i am home from school.
-10C should be no problem for any temperate species of tortoise.
-There is no info on growth rates because they all grow at different rates and for a wide variety of reasons. Any sort of calculated average is meaningless because herbivorous reptile growth rates depend largely on exterior factors like diet, temperature, hydration, and many more.
-Your previous tortoise did not "grow too fast for her organs". We told you before that this is not a thing. We have people here that literally grow their tortoises 10 times faster than other people, and their tortoises are perfectly fine and healthy because the nutrition, hydration, living conditions, heating and lighting are all correct.
-If the two tortoises were living together as a pair, the chronic stress would be a large contributor to the slow growth rate of Rhiannon. If not, then the same issues that caused the problem for the other tortoise, are likely the cause of the slow growth for this tortoise.

I don't say these things to be mean to you. I say them to help you figure out what is wrong so you can fix it, and have a happy, healthy tortoise.
 
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