Growing Ghost - My Leo

[Greytortuga]

Here's the picture I promised you. As you can see, all the excessive 'blonde' from earlier is now unable to be determined from the leopard pattern:

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He's three years old this year.

Looks like a completely different tortoise! I hope Ghost gets some more black!

 

[Greytortuga]

Here is Agbienaa. She was 11 inches and 7lbs 11.2 oz last month.

Beautiful and a good size. That’s helpful so I can start planning for the next two years!

 

[Ray--Opo]

Thank you for the message! I am in the Birmingham area so not too far! I use a Arcadia T5 tube light and have two CHEs; one emits more heat on one side of the terrarium versus the other so there is no real "basking" feature.

I am going to crank up the humidity, but the last 4 months I have noticed the scutes getting more uneven with its growth spurt. Ghost has always had some weird lumpy scutes, but I am trying to keep the shell as smooth as possible!

Thank you for the message! I am in the Birmingham area so not too far! I use a Arcadia T5 tube light and have two CHEs; one emits more heat on one side of the terrarium versus the other so there is no real "basking" feature.

I am going to crank up the humidity, but the last 4 months I have noticed the scutes getting more uneven with its growth spurt. Ghost has always had some weird lumpy scutes, but I am trying to keep the shell as smooth as possible!

Thats a good idea. Try to get the humidity 80%+.

 

[OkAdiza]

Beautiful and a good size. That’s helpful so I can start planning for the next two years!

Thank you! As for size, yeah she grew fast. When I got her at about 2 1/2 years old, she weighed 1lb, 6.3 oz and was 6 inches long.