Livingstone's weight.

[Livingstone]

Livingstone was weighed a couple of days ago, she is 1.5 years old and weighs in at 2.3lbs.

Ill take some pics and post them up.

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Sounds good, your avatar looks good.

 

[Livingstone]

Thanks yours too. Its amazing the scale difference. That aldab in yours probably weighs in at 200+ pounds.

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Thanks yours too. Its amazing the scale difference. That aldab in yours probably weighs in at 200+ pounds.

The one in the picture at the time exceeds 600 pounds. His name is Hommer and he is one of our best male breeders. He was originally at Parrot Jungle prior us.

Once agian, Livingstone looks very good, you are raising him outstanding. We have similar size aldbaras as holdbacks and they are near the same weight. If you have the ability to let him get pure sunshine and graze all day he will explode in growth. I read a thread were someone called sunshine the super vitamin, I have witnessed this and it is so true. Your are doing great with Livingstone.

Well I checked my records, one hatched in February of 2008 was 3.13 pounds last week and one hatched in June of 2007 was 5.21 pounds last week. However, different species than yours. Also, I had one from years back that hatched out of a very small egg and the tortoise remained on the smaller side until we sold her. At two years she was just over one pound. She is doing great as of last year, however the owner says she is way smaller for her age but very healthy. They named her "Mini", kinda appropriate.

 

[Livingstone]

Holy $h!t. 600 pounds... Must be tough when it doesn't want to move or be moved. Not much option when something that size decides no.

 

[BethyB1022]

Wow, it is amazing to me the size difference between Livingstone and Ichabod, with them both being around the same age (Ich is 1.25 years). It must be the Mazuri, I wish I could get Ich to take more of an interest in it, even though I am glad that Ich is growing slow.

 

[Livingstone]

Wow, it is amazing to me the size difference between Livingstone and Ichabod, with them both being around the same age (Ich is 1.25 years). It must be the Mazuri, I wish I could get Ich to take more of an interest in it, even though I am glad that Ich is growing slow.

I just read your thread about Ich, and his age. He looks like a happy camper, lots of sparkle in the eyes. The key to getting them to eat mazuri is to soak the pellets in boiling water, until they expand and become soggy. Then you make one large mazuri ball and put it on the feeding tile. I use 6 pellets in a small saucer, then pour boiling water on top of them. Its important to use a saucer not much larger than the amount of mazuri, otherwise it gets too soggy. You will know you have done it right when the mazuri absorbs all the water and has expanded but has not broken apart. I mean that you can still see the pellet shape.
I truly believe that the hydration from eating wet mazuri really helps to keep them hydrated.

I wasn't criticized directly, but most people feel mazuri is a supplement, I feed it daily along with greens.

 

[BethyB1022]

I will have to try this trick to prepare the Mazuri. Thanks for the tip!

 

[livingenzyme]

The key to getting them to eat mazuri is to soak the pellets in boiling water, until they expand and become soggy. Then you make one large mazuri ball and put it on the feeding tile. I use 6 pellets in a small saucer, then pour boiling water on top of them. Its important to use a saucer not much larger than the amount of mazuri, otherwise it gets too soggy. You will know you have done it right when the mazuri absorbs all the water and has expanded but has not broken apart. I mean that you can still see the pellet shape.
I truly believe that the hydration from eating wet mazuri really helps to keep them hydrated.

I wasn't criticized directly, but most people feel mazuri is a supplement, I feed it daily along with greens.

Been wondering how I could get mine to eat the mazuri. I've been feeding him dry mazuri.

To the boilermobile!

 

[Livingstone]

The key to getting them to eat mazuri is to soak the pellets in boiling water, until they expand and become soggy. Then you make one large mazuri ball and put it on the feeding tile. I use 6 pellets in a small saucer, then pour boiling water on top of them. Its important to use a saucer not much larger than the amount of mazuri, otherwise it gets too soggy. You will know you have done it right when the mazuri absorbs all the water and has expanded but has not broken apart. I mean that you can still see the pellet shape.
I truly believe that the hydration from eating wet mazuri really helps to keep them hydrated.

I wasn't criticized directly, but most people feel mazuri is a supplement, I feed it daily along with greens.

Been wondering how I could get mine to eat the mazuri. I've been feeding him dry mazuri.

To the boilermobile!

Dude, poor tortoise. Did you ever take one of those pellets and try and crush it your bare hands? The first time I tried i almost popped a blood vessel. i realized that if a man, in pretty good physical shape could not crush one of those pellets, there was no way a sulcata under 5 years old could either.