Three-week Old Sulcata Enjoying Sunshine & Lunch

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Sully is just beautiful! Thanks for sharing! I'm also very excited to see how the frozen leaves turned out. I will be trying that myself next year.

The nice thing as well is that we only put about 20-30 leaves in small plastic baggies and once out of the freezer, they thaw in about 30 mins and are ready to feed. Sully is enjoying both grape and mulberry leaves.
 

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January 2015
  • 04 Jan - 356 g = .78484 lbs
  • 18 Jan - 381 g = .83996 lbs
  • 31 Jan - 396 g = .87303 lbs
February 2015
  • 07 Feb - 395 g
  • 15 Feb - 468 g = 1.031 lbs - roughly 9 months old.
  • 22 Feb - 465 g = 1.025 lbs
March 2015
  • 01 Mar - 515 grams = 1.135 lbs
  • 08 Mar - 553 grams = 1.219 lbs
  • 15 Mar - 591 grams = 1.302 lbs
 

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Greetings,

I've been sprouting some wheat grass and decided it was nice enough size to place in our Sully's enclosure and let him check it out. I offerred up some Mazuri as well........Sully gravitated quickly toward the mazuri, his favorite, saving the grass to savor later.

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Another Sunday weigh day:

January 2015
  • 04 Jan - 356 g = .78484 lbs
  • 18 Jan - 381 g = .83996 lbs
  • 31 Jan - 396 g = .87303 lbs
February 2015
  • 07 Feb - 395 g
  • 15 Feb - 468 g = 1.031 lbs - roughly 9 months old.
  • 22 Feb - 465 g = 1.025 lbs
March 2015
  • 01 Mar - 515 grams = 1.135 lbs
  • 08 Mar - 553 grams = 1.219 lbs
  • 15 Mar - 591 grams = 1.302 lbs
  • 21 Mar - 654 grams = 1.441 lbs
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Picked some fresh hardy bamboo this afternoon, wonder if our Sully will nibble on this?

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Here's a nice vase full of hardy bamboo.
 
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Another Sunday weigh in day

January 2015
  • 04 Jan - 356 g = .78484 lbs
  • 18 Jan - 381 g = .83996 lbs
  • 31 Jan - 396 g = .87303 lbs
February 2015
  • 07 Feb - 395 g
  • 15 Feb - 468 g = 1.031 lbs - roughly 9 months old.
  • 22 Feb - 465 g = 1.025 lbs
March 2015
  • 01 Mar - 515 grams = 1.135 lbs
  • 08 Mar - 553 grams = 1.219 lbs
  • 15 Mar - 591 grams = 1.302 lbs
  • 21 Mar - 654 grams = 1.441 lbs
April 2015
  • 05 Apr - 692 grams = 1.525 lbs

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Maro2Bear

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Another Sunday weigh in day

January 2015
  • 04 Jan - 356 g = .78484 lbs
  • 18 Jan - 381 g = .83996 lbs
  • 31 Jan - 396 g = .87303 lbs
February 2015
  • 07 Feb - 395 g
  • 15 Feb - 468 g = 1.031 lbs - roughly 9 months old.
  • 22 Feb - 465 g = 1.025 lbs
March 2015
  • 01 Mar - 515 grams = 1.135 lbs
  • 08 Mar - 553 grams = 1.219 lbs
  • 15 Mar - 591 grams = 1.302 lbs
  • 21 Mar - 654 grams = 1.441 lbs
April 2015
  • 05 Apr - 692 grams = 1.525 lbs
  • 12 Apr - 750 grams = 1.653 lbs - roughly 11 months old
 

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Another Sunday weigh in day -- now averaging about 40 g increase weekly:

January 2015
  • 04 Jan - 356 g = .78484 lbs
  • 18 Jan - 381 g = .83996 lbs
  • 31 Jan - 396 g = .87303 lbs
February 2015
  • 07 Feb - 395 g
  • 15 Feb - 468 g = 1.031 lbs - roughly 9 months old.
  • 22 Feb - 465 g = 1.025 lbs
March 2015
  • 01 Mar - 515 grams = 1.135 lbs
  • 08 Mar - 553 grams = 1.219 lbs
  • 15 Mar - 591 grams = 1.302 lbs
  • 21 Mar - 654 grams = 1.441 lbs
April 2015
  • 05 Apr - 692 grams = 1.525 lbs
  • 12 Apr - 750 grams = 1.653 lbs - roughly 11 months old
  • 19 Apr - 791 grams = 1.743 lbs
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For those folks that like to read and discuss the weight gain of Sulcatas, here's an updated graph. Our Sully is not yet a year old (1 yr on 12 May).

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Another Sunday weigh in day, another nice weight gain:

January 2015
  • 04 Jan - 356 g = .78484 lbs
  • 18 Jan - 381 g = .83996 lbs
  • 31 Jan - 396 g = .87303 lbs
February 2015
  • 07 Feb - 395 g
  • 15 Feb - 468 g = 1.031 lbs - roughly 9 months old.
  • 22 Feb - 465 g = 1.025 lbs
March 2015
  • 01 Mar - 515 grams = 1.135 lbs
  • 08 Mar - 553 grams = 1.219 lbs
  • 15 Mar - 591 grams = 1.302 lbs
  • 21 Mar - 654 grams = 1.441 lbs
April 2015
  • 05 Apr - 692 grams = 1.525 lbs
  • 12 Apr - 750 grams = 1.653 lbs - roughly 11 months old
  • 19 Apr - 791 grams = 1.743 lbs
  • 26 Apr - 823 grams = 1.814 lbs
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Nice Frontal Profile of Our Sulcata, 26 April 2015
 

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Greetings all. Our Sully is really enjoying his greens - lots of them daily. Dandelion, plantain, misc grasses, grape leaves and a few Rose of Sharon leaves already too. Good variety of greens, coupled with his Mazuri chow, makes him a happy, growing tort. Another nice weight gain this week.

Here is his weekly measurements so far this year

January 2015
  • 04 Jan - 356 g = .78484 lbs
  • 18 Jan - 381 g = .83996 lbs
  • 31 Jan - 396 g = .87303 lbs
February 2015
  • 07 Feb - 395 g
  • 15 Feb - 468 g = 1.031 lbs - roughly 9 months old.
  • 22 Feb - 465 g = 1.025 lbs
March 2015
  • 01 Mar - 515 grams = 1.135 lbs
  • 08 Mar - 553 grams = 1.219 lbs
  • 15 Mar - 591 grams = 1.302 lbs
  • 21 Mar - 654 grams = 1.441 lbs
April 2015
  • 05 Apr - 692 grams = 1.525 lbs
  • 12 Apr - 750 grams = 1.653 lbs - roughly 11 months old
  • 19 Apr - 791 grams = 1.743 lbs
  • 26 Apr - 823 grams = 1.814 lbs
May 2015
  • 03 May - 900 grams = 1.984 lbs
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Looking Good at Almost One Year
 

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Here is Sully's weekly measurements so far this year

January 2015
  • 04 Jan - 356 g = .78484 lbs
  • 18 Jan - 381 g = .83996 lbs
  • 31 Jan - 396 g = .87303 lbs
February 2015
  • 07 Feb - 395 g
  • 15 Feb - 468 g = 1.031 lbs - roughly 9 months old.
  • 22 Feb - 465 g = 1.025 lbs
March 2015
  • 01 Mar - 515 grams = 1.135 lbs
  • 08 Mar - 553 grams = 1.219 lbs
  • 15 Mar - 591 grams = 1.302 lbs
  • 21 Mar - 654 grams = 1.441 lbs
April 2015
  • 05 Apr - 692 grams = 1.525 lbs
  • 12 Apr - 750 grams = 1.653 lbs - roughly 11 months old
  • 19 Apr - 791 grams = 1.743 lbs
  • 26 Apr - 823 grams = 1.814 lbs
May 2015
  • 03 May - 900 grams = 1.984 lbs
  • 10 May - 949 grams = 2.09 lbs
  • 12 May - celebrates Sully's one year birth date
Sully is now daily eating grass, grape leaves, banana leaves, dandelion flowers and leaves, hosta leaves, rose of sharon leaves as well as spring mix, Mazuri, and other garden fresh greens. Daily warm water soaks and natural sunlight too!

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Greetings all, a few updates entered into Sully's growth/weight chart. Looks like we put him on steroids starting in February!

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