How old is your tortoise?

[Yvonne G]

You didn't say how old she is .

She was full grown when we got her and I've had her over 35 years. I'm guessing she's around 70 years old.

 

[Meganolvt]

Since I got my oldest from a pretty sketchy place (that was keeping her in the worst of conditions) I never actually got around to asking how old she is (too busy paying way to much to get her out of there), but from her size I'd guess around 8 or 9 years.

How long is her shell?I know they're different, but I'm still trying get an idea of how old my male yellow foot is.

 

[Yvonne G]

How long is her shell?I know they're different, but I'm still trying get an idea of how old my male yellow foot is.

You can't tell a tortoise's age by his shell size. For example, I have three YF tortoises that I raised from the egg (incorrectly) and they are stunted and bumpy and all three a different size. They are 11 years old (they are the three smallest in the picture).

 

[AnimalLady]

You can't tell a tortoise's age by his shell size. For example, I have three YF tortoises that I raised from the egg (incorrectly) and they are stunted and bumpy and all three a different size. They are 11 years old (they are the three smallest in the picture).

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Hey Yvonne,

Ive noticed you mentioned that you've raised these torts incorrectly (as you put it) in a few other posts as well. Why do you say incorrectly, were these torts raised outdoors from the get? Or were they inside with lighting and such?