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A stumpdate. 5 months and 265g. Nodding off under the light after the soak. This is fun.
Stump... 3.5mo and 135g.
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What an adorable little monkey !!!!! 😍😍😍
Maddoggy
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Now thats how to take care of a tortoise. What a beautiful rounded shell.
OliveW
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I love Stump!
Even more, I love your passion for giving him the most happy and healthy life! 🥰 Absolutely lovely thread! I look forward to watching Stump grow up here.
Even more, I love your passion for giving him the most happy and healthy life! 🥰 Absolutely lovely thread! I look forward to watching Stump grow up here.
1lb today. 454 grams. 6months and 1 week. Eats weeds and all types of grass like nobody's business now.
Rearranged some photos and then digging outside for hours in the sunshine before a soak. Won't be long until you can't see a bill. What a joy!
Rearranged some photos and then digging outside for hours in the sunshine before a soak. Won't be long until you can't see a bill. What a joy!
OliveW
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@ryan57 he's gorgeous! Did he get coconut oiled up for the glamour shots? LOL
I'd be so excited if my boy ever looked this clean and shiny for more than 20 seconds. I'll wash him, and oil him up to look all pretty, and he'll immediately throw dirt up all over his shell. The oil makes it stick even better. 🤦♀️
I'd be so excited if my boy ever looked this clean and shiny for more than 20 seconds. I'll wash him, and oil him up to look all pretty, and he'll immediately throw dirt up all over his shell. The oil makes it stick even better. 🤦♀️
Right! Sticky dirt.
Actually no oil today. Tuesday was oil. So during the soak I have a measuring cup and pour the warm water over the shell. Yeah, must be nice. Definitely a fan of the dirt then a soak now. Can't believe how small it was just a few months ago. Hoping Stump is a girl for a more manageable size, if not, it will be a wild ride.
Actually no oil today. Tuesday was oil. So during the soak I have a measuring cup and pour the warm water over the shell. Yeah, must be nice. Definitely a fan of the dirt then a soak now. Can't believe how small it was just a few months ago. Hoping Stump is a girl for a more manageable size, if not, it will be a wild ride.
OliveW
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I don't know 100% that ours is a boy, that's just a guess from an expert here based on what can be seen now and his personality.
He is not even 8 lbs yet and it's already a wild ride. LOL He's very strong, hard headed, and goofy like a puppy. He bosses around hundred pound dogs.
Figure some folks here might get a kick out of this...
Stump is now hanging out at 490g or so for a week, almost 7 months old, growing fast and doing great. Designed and building a tortoise house for spring and summer next year and beyond. Why not a timber frame/log home -w- landscaping, landscape lighting and a soaking pool in the outdoor enclosure? Lol. I do CAD work so scaled what I wanted to look at down to tortoise size. It will be insulated with 1.5" foam and air tight with two way doors and insulated windows just like the photo. The final version of the house will be an 8x8 or 12x12 version of this when full grown. Double door on the current version is 14" wide so it will last quite a while. Initially I'll only use one swinging door 7" wide. Don't worry about temps... I have 36" UV, (2) 36" LED's, CRE basking lamp and a small split duct unit for it. Yes, diffused AC and heat for a constant 84 deg tied into our house generator.
https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/...6-4c05-ad4f-6a7b7045bcb2&tag=exoticpetnetw-20
When I set the foundation I'll cut in a concrete mixing tub to the floor for some substrate to dig and fully insulate. It will be a real, little lighted house in the yard with a large outdoor enclosure. I can't wait until it's finished!!
The ridge beam is perfect for hanging fixtures securely at any height and seeing the light through the glass in the evening. Outside landscape lighting will look awesome too.
Stump is now hanging out at 490g or so for a week, almost 7 months old, growing fast and doing great. Designed and building a tortoise house for spring and summer next year and beyond. Why not a timber frame/log home -w- landscaping, landscape lighting and a soaking pool in the outdoor enclosure? Lol. I do CAD work so scaled what I wanted to look at down to tortoise size. It will be insulated with 1.5" foam and air tight with two way doors and insulated windows just like the photo. The final version of the house will be an 8x8 or 12x12 version of this when full grown. Double door on the current version is 14" wide so it will last quite a while. Initially I'll only use one swinging door 7" wide. Don't worry about temps... I have 36" UV, (2) 36" LED's, CRE basking lamp and a small split duct unit for it. Yes, diffused AC and heat for a constant 84 deg tied into our house generator.
https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/...6-4c05-ad4f-6a7b7045bcb2&tag=exoticpetnetw-20
When I set the foundation I'll cut in a concrete mixing tub to the floor for some substrate to dig and fully insulate. It will be a real, little lighted house in the yard with a large outdoor enclosure. I can't wait until it's finished!!
The ridge beam is perfect for hanging fixtures securely at any height and seeing the light through the glass in the evening. Outside landscape lighting will look awesome too.
Stump looks fantastic, keep up the good work. Thanks for sharing the growth journey with us. Think your new tort house will need an extension soon. Keep us posted 
I assume you have him in a large enclosure so he can stretch his legs and claws?
I assume you have him in a large enclosure so he can stretch his legs and claws?
AmandaF
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OliveW
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I'm a major Stump/Ryan/Ryan's Wife fan! You guys rock!
Very much looking forward to watching Stump and his house grow over the years. 🥰
Very much looking forward to watching Stump and his house grow over the years. 🥰
He has an 8x8 outdoor enclosure to get UV and dig when not in Kathleen's 16x16 office but I usually walk with him/her when the tortoise is in the mood when I get home. Stump has been known to leave his muggy box after I open the door, walk out the office and down the ramp to the back yard, explore, graze for well over 1/4 mile in an afternoon. Plenty of leg stretching going on. When larger adult I have 1.5 acres or so that will be fenced outside of a proper 32x32 outdoor enclosure that will be adjacent to his small house. When walking, small Stump is supervised like a hawk - (Hawk - also known and referred to now as a Stump remover)Stump looks fantastic, keep up the good work. Thanks for sharing the growth journey with us. Think your new tort house will need an extension soon. Keep us posted
Sounds like he has landed great tort parents and spacious home.
Stumpdate. I weigh in every Tuesday...
We love this tortoise. If anything happened to him we would be soooooo sad.
Whoever made this tortoise is an awesome designer. When I pour warm water over the shell during his soak, toward the front, the scute is raised in the center and sends the water to the 'gutters' so it doesn't get on his head.
We love this tortoise. If anything happened to him we would be soooooo sad.
Whoever made this tortoise is an awesome designer. When I pour warm water over the shell during his soak, toward the front, the scute is raised in the center and sends the water to the 'gutters' so it doesn't get on his head.
Newbabymama
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Sooooo cute. I need all your tips and tricks! 🥰 currently have a tiny 47gram sulcata.
jeff kushner
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Not for long....NBM, not for long!! LOL
Great updates and very cool. Be very careful with the whole "free range" thing with the Beast that is known as Stump.......Clemson used to mosey around here for many years, "see that chair moving across the living room".....but it also was likely the cause of his passing too. I'm not going to tell folks how to care for their guys, but we learn from others.
I'd suggest reading those Sulc care sheets.....they are pretty amazing and are the best I've read anywhere. Actual talent wrote them, not a pet store company so if you see things that maybe you should do differently, maybe you should do them differently....LOL
My little Matilda(box turtle) is 2 yrs, 3mos old.....and prob weighs just over 200gms...........you guys will be looking at something very different in another 18 months! LOL
Stay cool!
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