Tortoise Weights

[jonny jordan]

hi everyone i have a year old marginated tortoise and i was wondering what weight he should be, i couldnt find anything on the web myself so i was hoping one of you smart people might know?

 

[LRTortoises]

I dont know anything about should. I have a 1 year old right now that is 126 grams. Post a pic of it so we can see it.

 

[SteveW]

hi everyone i have a year old marginated tortoise and i was wondering what weight he should be, i couldnt find anything on the web myself so i was hoping one of you smart people might know?

I'm not sure about should, having raised one, but here is how mine has grown:



2/19/14 arrival 30 gr 5.1cm

4/5/14. 38 gr

4/24/14 40gr

5/8/14 48 gr

5/17/14 52gr

6/24/14 58gr

7/2/14 60 gr. 6.4 cm

8/1/14 72 gr

8/8/14 74 gr

9/15/14 73 gr

10/11/14 79 gr

11/16. 90 gr

11/23/14 98 gr

12/22/14 106 gr

1/15/15. 120gr

2/19/15 158gr

3/22/15 180 gr

3/31/14 192gr

4/30/15 204gr

5/29/15 232 gr.

6/18/15 254 gr

6/25/15 272gr

7/14/15 268 gr

7/28/15 288gr

8/9/15 300gr

8/25/15 312 gr

9/22/15 348gr

10/27/15 388 gr

11/13/15 408 gr

12/3/15 428 gr

 

[LRTortoises]

I'm not sure about should, having raised one, but here is how mine has grown:

Looks great also. They are all so different in rate of growth. I have a 3 year old who just broke 1000 grams. But then I also have two full size laying females at 1600 and 1900 grams. Great shell though on that one.

 

[jonny jordan]

thanks for the replys guys at the minute he is 6.7cm and weighs 65 grams and he was born september 2014. i got him beside the mouse to give an idea of size i also had the vet clip his nails yesterday, these photos were taken in the vets as the vet wanted to show my tort off on facebook

 

[SteveW]

Interesting about the nails. I seem to trim mine twice as often as other species. Digging species, I guess.

 

[LRTortoises]

I never have had to trim any of mine.

 

[jonny jordan]

my vet said they were long i just guessed she knew about these things she tried to tell me he should be 110grams as a spurthigh and my tort are similiar, and a spurthigh at my torts dimensions should be around 110 grams, however she measured his domed length and width and apparently the calculation she is using,( i did my own research) should be the straight carapace length and when i did the calculation he should be 65 grams so hes bang on the money.
the calculation was length by width by heigth in centimetres multiplied by 0.57.