Help me build a growth chart!

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Madkins007

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I have been wanting to make a growth chart for Red-foots for a while, and now with the Tortoise Library site running, I have a place to post it when it is ready.

I would love to get your data to help make the chart more accurate if you KNOW roughly when your tortoise was born (within a couple months.)

What I would need is:
- Your name and contact info
- Your tortoise's name and what race or type of Red-foot it is, if you know.
- When the tortoise was born
- How you are measuring the length and weight (or I can tell you some ways to try)
- Any records you have that show date, straight-line carapace length, and weight.

You do not need to have a record of every week or month- any data you have will help- even one or two data points will help!



Yes, Red-foots grow at different rates, and they will grow differently based on diet and such, but the more data points I can chart, the more accurately we can determine the normal ranges and trends. I'm going to try to get similar data from other groups and people as well just to get as much raw data as possible for this.

The benefits of a good growth chart include helping you determine a rough age for an unknown tortoise, and seeing how your tortoise compares to averages.

If you would like to help, you can post the data here, PM me, or email me (through my profile).

Thanks!
 

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- Linda Bailey - [email protected]

#1
- Simon, honey colored Redfoot - Geochelone carbonaria
- Hatched in Aug 2010
- measured from front edge of carpace to back edge : 2 13/16 "
- Weighed on gram scale on 1/18/11 : 52 grams

Simon01182011.jpg



#2
- Garfunkel, Cherryhead Redfoot - Geochelone carbonaria
- Hatched in July 2010
- measured from front edge of carpace to back edge : 3 "
- Weighed on gram scale on 1/18/11 : 80 grams

Garfield01182011.jpg
 

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- Linda- great! Do you have any more recent data?
 

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Madkins007 said:
- Linda- great! Do you have any more recent data?

Well that data was from yesterday.
I just weighed them again for you.

#1 now weighs 56 grams - that's a 4 gram increase from yesterday

#2 now weighs 82 grams - a 2 gram increase from yesterday

I did not re-measure them as I doubt the grew much over night.

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Mark,

I am keeping monthly weight records on several Western Hermann hatchlings. Any place in your library for other species?
I will start keeping SCL data.
 

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LR- I did not notice the dates of the data- sorry!

Scott- If someone writes a good page on another species that I can fit in the format, and provide photos they have rights to, I will gladly add it to the Library. I'd post the growth chart without a care sheet, but it would be sort of an 'orphan' then.
 

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As of 1/20/2011

#1 now weighs 57 grams

#2 now weighs 87 grams

Both have gained 7 grams each in just 2 days !

oops - was wrong on the weight gain for Simon, since he came to me at 52 grams and is now at 57 grams he has actually gained 5 in three days, not 7.
 

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March 1st - weighed and measured Simon & Garfunkel.

Simon is now 7 mos old and is 3 inches long, 75 grams
Garfunkel is 8 1/2 mos old and is 3 1/8 inches long, 105 grams

I hope this data is helping you on your chart.
 

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This isn't too good Mark, as I never weighed them. But I finally bought a scale, and will weigh them tomorrow. This is all I have now.
Pio...Cherry Head...born July 6, 2007
Oct. 2007...2 1/2 in
Jan. 2009......4 3/4 in
July 2009.....5 1/4 in
Sept. 2010......7 in
Jan 2011 3 1/2 years old....8 in.
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Solo Cherry Head.....born...6 -14-10 1.8 in.
Sept. 2010...2 1/3 in
Dec. 2010....3/4 in
Jan 2011 (7 mo) 3 1/2 in
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I wish I had weighed them, but had no scale...sorry.
 

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I finally weighed them.
Pio..born July 6, 2007
March 3, 2011----8 in.....3lb 4oz

Solo....born June 14, 2010
March 3, 2011 --- 4 in......7oz.
 
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