My ~27 month old Elongated tortoise, Melee.
I've only had her for around 2 years but it feels like she's been with me forever. I was looking through old video and pictures of her and I forgot how absolutly tiny she used to be!
I really wish I had taken more or better pictures of her shell as she was growing, or dated any of the pictures I did take. I have one picture I've already posted here of Melee at 14 months back in 2018 -
And a new picture from January 2020 -
If I didn't know this was the same tortoise. I would never believe it. I just love the new star bursts that have popped up, and how the "tree" or fork developing on her rear vertebral scute has filled in and stretched out to the middle one!
She's gone from a teeny little circle to this beefy oval.
I've only had her for around 2 years but it feels like she's been with me forever. I was looking through old video and pictures of her and I forgot how absolutly tiny she used to be!
I really wish I had taken more or better pictures of her shell as she was growing, or dated any of the pictures I did take. I have one picture I've already posted here of Melee at 14 months back in 2018 -
And a new picture from January 2020 -
If I didn't know this was the same tortoise. I would never believe it. I just love the new star bursts that have popped up, and how the "tree" or fork developing on her rear vertebral scute has filled in and stretched out to the middle one!
She's gone from a teeny little circle to this beefy oval.