Growth Critique

[TommyZ]

Hi All,

I just wanted to post a few pics of my hatchlings development. To me all looks great, but only being 6 months into raising torts, i figure its best to occassionally post a few pics of the shell to make sure im not missing anything. Let me know what ya all think please.

His weigh in today was 135 grams, i didnt take a measurement though. He is born approximatly in January, and I got him in March.

Thanks!

 

[mikeh]

Looks great. Is this the same one you posted picture of on the reversed pyramiding thread maybe a month ago?

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[TommyZ]

Yessir, thats the "baby", his new herd mates will be here in a few weeks.

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[wellington]

Doing a good job, he looks good.

 

[TommyZ]

Ive recently (as i learn more every day) made some changes to his diet. Ive added more protein, hopefully this will aid in growth.

 

[mikeh]

Nice! Lots of new growth since, he got big. What do you use for protein?

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[pfara]

Beautiful growth Are you sure you want a boost in growth? I was just comparing my numbers to yours since our reds seem to be around the same age. Sufficed to say, I was going to look online for a tort-sized treadmill and order 4 lol.. I was just obsessing over my guys' thick legs and got super paranoid

 

[TommyZ]

Re: RE: Growth Critique

Beautiful growth Are you sure you want a boost in growth? I was just comparing my numbers to yours since our reds seem to be around the same age. Sufficed to say, I was going to look online for a tort-sized treadmill and order 4 lol.. I was just obsessing over my guys' thick legs and got super paranoid

Lol, I was just tryin to look at your lil guy but cant enlarge ur profile pic, looks cool romping in the grass.

I figure with the high humidity and protein rich diet, that will make him grow fast and still be super smooth. So far the results are proving well..thanks to all the info i got from everyone here

 

[pfara]

Lol, I was just tryin to look at your lil guy but cant enlarge ur profile pic, looks cool romping in the grass.

I figure with the high humidity and protein rich diet, that will make him grow fast and still be super smooth. So far the results are proving well..thanks to all the info i got from everyone here

Yeah, I'm incredibly glad I got a chance to join the forum; such a wealth of info that made me feel confident about my husbandry. I honestly wouldn't worry about speeding up growth. I think I read that it might not be beneficial, in certain cases. Still, I don't think adding more protein is going to hurt things either if that's what you wanna do. I'm sure if given a say, your little guy would be banging his fork on his rock table yelling "Mazuri! Mazuri!"

Here's a pic of 3 out of 4 of my kids (most recent pic):

And one of a fat leg :

 

[Tom]

Looks great to me.

 

[TommyZ]

Re: RE: Growth Critique

Lol, I was just tryin to look at your lil guy but cant enlarge ur profile pic, looks cool romping in the grass.

I figure with the high humidity and protein rich diet, that will make him grow fast and still be super smooth. So far the results are proving well..thanks to all the info i got from everyone here

Yeah, I'm incredibly glad I got a chance to join the forum; such a wealth of info that made me feel confident about my husbandry. I honestly wouldn't worry about speeding up growth. I think I read that it might not be beneficial, in certain cases. Still, I don't think adding more protein is going to hurt things either if that's what you wanna do. I'm sure if given a say, your little guy would be banging his fork on his rock table yelling "Mazuri! Mazuri!"

Here's a pic of 3 out of 4 of my kids (most recent pic):

And one of a fat leg :

There they are, really nice looking group.

Its pretty funny you mention him yelling for mazuri, i swear he pouts if he doesnt get it, lol....is there nicotene in mazuri? Cuz torts seem to get addicted, hehe.

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