Here's Panny

[jimbravo9]

For some odd reason my little one named him/her Pan and calls him Panny. She picked him out of ten in a split second so she got to name him. Not sure how old he is but he is active and eats well.

 

[andrew71888]

CUTE thats so cute

 

[Yvonne G]

He's very cute, and the color is unusual.

 

[terracolson]

Very cute.. seems to be very small very young...
how many inches long is his shell?

 

[jimbravo9]

Very cute.. seems to be very small very young...
how many inches long is his shell?

For that measurement do you go just behind the neck to the tail?

 

[Yvonne G]

Its measured in a straight line from the front of the carapace to the rear. When they are able to pull in all the way, you can place the tortoise up against the wall on a tape measure. But usually babies won't pull in all the way.

Measuring isn't critical at the hatchling stage. What I like to do is put them on a blank piece of paper and trace an outline in pencil on the paper. Then in a couple months do it again on the same tracing.

 

[terracolson]

my doodles

Its measured in a straight line from the front of the carapace to the rear. When they are able to pull in all the way, you can place the tortoise up against the wall on a tape measure. But usually babies won't pull in all the way.

Measuring isn't critical at the hatchling stage. What I like to do is put them on a blank piece of paper and trace an outline in pencil on the paper. Then in a couple months do it again on the same tracing.

He was measuring cause i asked.. I was just comparing sizes to my babies and his...

Even though his is different, i can watch his grow and see how must faster or slower the different breeds are

I place them on a piece of paper, and mark the top shell and bottom on a piece of papre, them measure, or set them on the tape measure.. it only takes 2 seconds.....

Then i weight them weekly until i am sure all is ok then go monthly, well planned..

Here are my doodles....

Now my doodles were not meant to really be understood by some one else... but i did a couple of different babies and recorded the size and weight

 

[BethyB1022]

What a cutie! Enjoy your new addition

 

[Tom]

What a gorgeous baby. Here are some sites that the other members here showed me. These sites answered some questions I didn't even know I had. Your tortoise is as perfect as any I've ever seen, so take a look at the "pyramiding" tab on Ivory tortoise.com to keep it that way.

http://ivorytortoise.com/
http://africantortoise.com/

 

[jimbravo9]

Very cute.. seems to be very small very young...
how many inches long is his shell?

He meausred 2 1/4 inches and 45.8grams in weight.

 

[terracolson]

Very cute.. seems to be very small very young...
how many inches long is his shell?

He meausred 2 1/4 inches and 45.8grams in weight.

Right on!!
your right under my largest 2.5 58grams
and right over my middle
2 1/8 and 32 grams

It will fun to watch our babies grow and see the difference in growth from the Sulcata and the Leopards...

 

[jimbravo9]

What a gorgeous baby. Here are some sites that the other members here showed me. These sites answered some questions I didn't even know I had. Your tortoise is as perfect as any I've ever seen, so take a look at the "pyramiding" tab on Ivory tortoise.com to keep it that way.

http://ivorytortoise.com/
http://africantortoise.com/

I appreciate the web sites and everyone elses responses.