Healthy weight for 1yr horsefield tortoise?

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colinkoopa

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Iya,
I bought my tortoise, Colin in july last year and was told he's roughly a year old. He was 125 grams the first time I weighed him but fluctuated between 112 and 146 during the next few months.
My boyfriend and I have recently moved into our own house and colin is coming along beautifully. He's very active and eats two small bowls of salad/pellets a day.
Today I was able to track down his scales and previous weights (the last time he was weighed was 22/11/11). Colin is now 205 grams.
Is this a healthy weight for him or is he over/under?
Thanks :)
Kez, Chris and Colin x
 

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If you share his shell length, we can apply the Donoghue Formula to figure this out.

Straight-line Carapace Length (SCL) in centimeters, cubed, times 0.191 gives us the target weight in grams. (SCLgcm^3 x 0.191 = WTgr)

The further above or below the target weight it is, the less likely it is a healthy weight.
 
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