*wipes the sweat off my forehead* It worked! I took the liberty of moving your question (thread) here to the sulcata section, where it might better be answered. It was my first thread moved and I was sorta worried I might end up deleting your posts. Glad to see it moved well and I hope moving it was okay with you.
Hi Mary: Tortoises all grow at different rates, just like people do. If you pick your tortoise up and it feels like you are holding a rock of the same size, then your tortoise's weight is probably good for his size. If you pick him up and it feels like a shell full of air, he is underweight.
Can we see a picture of your sulcata? We LOVE pictures!!
Hi...someone posted this formula for figuring how much a tortoise should weigh: (Length in cm x width in cm x height in cm) x .57 =
weight in grams
Patsy
My tortoise goes to the vet tomorrow just for a check up we will tell you then how much she weighs. I think 10-12 pounds. Hopefully she is the correct weight for her size and everything else is ok she hasn't been to the vet since she was 3 months old. How often does anyone else take there tort?
I don't think that formula will work for all tortoises Patsy. The formulas I have seen are for Testudo only and just for Hermanns, Greeks, Marginated and Russians in particular.