Hermann Keepers - Question on Size and Weight...
 

Hi all Hermann keepers...I have a 9 months old tort who weighs 25g and with a SCL of 5.2cm, is it around right size? I have had it for a month. Do you weigh them every week? I was told baby tort can have a very big variation in small things like after/before drinking/poo-ing...

I have read some post elsewhere saying their several months old tort weighs more than 40g, and is much bigger. Maybe they have a different species...that's why I decide to ask someone who keeps Hermann!!

Sounds about right, my hermmans at 1 year was 40g and yes pooing and amount of water can make a few grams difference, which, for a baby is a lot!

OMG. my 19 week old hermanns weigh 40g and 46g. wonder if thats too heavy.

one is 5.5cm and the other 6cm

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There is a very wide variation in the weights of small hermanns. I have photos of a hatchling that was 2g. Although that is a tiny one it grew normally and is fine.

My two Hermanns were born in August 2010
Bertha is 5.6cm and weighs 47grams
Beryl is 5.8cm and weighs 48grams

My hermanns is 9 months old, almost 6.5cm long & 60g.

Marg.

Probably just shows that like us, they are all different ;-)

2 Grams?????? Picture a tortoise the size of 2cc... I cant. I hatched out an Egyptian at 9 grams and that was scary small.

Did you get any photos of the tortoise because that has to be a record for the small side.

Jonathan posted a couple of times regarding the 2g Hermanni.

Hope this works...

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I'd be willing to bet that is more than 2g.

The Egyptian I mentioned was smaller than a US dime and it was 8 to 9 grams.

Unless the tortoise was severely dehydrated or emaciated...

Not really important...