Healthy weight

[lampshade]

How much should a heathly four year old sulcata weigh? Mine is about 3.3

 

[JoesMum]

3.3 what? Pounds, kilogrammes, tonnes?

Healthy weight depends on the length, not the age.

 

[lampshade]

3 pounds 3 oz. and she is 7/2 from head to tail

 

[JoesMum]

Sorry I'm from the UK and don't fully understand your measurements.

7/2? 7.2 inches?

 

[lampshade]

Ya 7.2

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Ya 7.2

Inches

 

[JoesMum]

3lb 3oz sounds a little light for 7.2 inch tort, but I'm not a Sulcata expert. Hopefully one will pick this up soon.

Are you measuring his plastron like this?

 

[Cfr200]

I have one that weighed 17lbs at 2 years old, but I also have another one same age that is 8lbs. As you can see there is a wide range they both are healthy and eat a lot.

 

[zulu]

My 3 1/2 year old is 13 1/2 inches and and 15 lbs, but I don't think that means he is more or less healthy than yours. I would like to hear more opinions too.

 

[TaraDodrill]

Babette and Scarlet were rescues and I think there growth was really stunted or else the man was really off on age- or both. They are gaining, just slowly.

Babs is 3 pounds and approx.7.25 inches long. Bo Scarlet is 1.25 pounds and 5 1/2ish. Supposedly Babs is 3 and Bo Scarlet almost two. When I rescued them they were in a large aquarium with severals red foots and several yellow foots. No humid hide, no hide at all actually.

 

[Madkins007]

You can use the Donoghue Ratio to get a good idea of the right weight'

SCLcm^3 x 0.191 = WTgr (It is MUCh more accurate if you use metric and measure it right.

However, you can use inches, etc. but it is 'klunkier'. You substitute the 0.191 with 0.113

So...

7.2" cubed is 373.2. That times 0.113 is 42 ounces. That is 2.6lbs.

So, at 3.3, you are OK- assuming you actually measured the carapace length the right way.

https://sites.google.com/site/tortoiselibrary/basic-medical-care/healthy-weight-and-size?pli=1

 

[tyguy35]

You can use the Donoghue Ratio to get a good idea of the right weight'

SCLcm^3 x 0.191 = WTgr (It is MUCh more accurate if you use metric and measure it right.

However, you can use inches, etc. but it is 'klunkier'. You substitute the 0.191 with 0.113

So...

7.2" cubed is 373.2. That times 0.113 is 42 ounces. That is 2.6lbs.

So, at 3.3, you are OK- assuming you actually measured the carapace length the right way.

https://sites.google.com/site/tortoiselibrary/basic-medical-care/healthy-weight-and-
size?pli=1

hey how I just did your ratio and for my 3 inch 107g Leo I got 3.057 as the answer I don't think that's right.

 

[jaizei]

You can use the Donoghue Ratio to get a good idea of the right weight'

SCLcm^3 x 0.191 = WTgr (It is MUCh more accurate if you use metric and measure it right.

However, you can use inches, etc. but it is 'klunkier'. You substitute the 0.191 with 0.113

So...

7.2" cubed is 373.2. That times 0.113 is 42 ounces. That is 2.6lbs.

So, at 3.3, you are OK- assuming you actually measured the carapace length the right way.

https://sites.google.com/site/tortoiselibrary/basic-medical-care/healthy-weight-and-size?pli=1

hey how I just did your ratio and for my 3 inch 107g Leo I got 3.057 as the answer I don't think that's right.

The 3.057 is ounces, multiply by 28.35 to convert to grams