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Old 30-06-2006, 09:57 PM   #1
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does anybody know the average healthy weight gain for redfoots please

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Old 02-07-2006, 02:51 AM   #2
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no body got any advice please
i only want a general idea
i shall be weighing each week and measuring every 2 or 3 weeks

if i have a guide it means i will stop pestering u lot so much

really i have read sum people being pleasd saying my torts gained 10 g's this week i know that this is wrong and could caus great probs ( not on this site)

so is it 1g per week or 1g per month ?? you get my meaning
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Old 04-07-2006, 01:00 AM   #3
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Hi Linda,

I don't know about redfoots but Darren is a mind of information and he will certainly put you on the right tracks when you get your little ones.

Becks has also got some great reds which will be siblings to yours so she will be another good person to ask.

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Old 04-07-2006, 01:32 AM   #4
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thanks ade i was hoping they would answer

they must be busy lol

i just want to be a perfect tort mom lol

and i am getting embarrased to keep pm ing them

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Old 04-07-2006, 08:13 AM   #5
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No need to be embarrased to pm them they really won't mind after all we're here to help
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Old 05-07-2006, 02:40 AM   #6
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thanks thats reasuring
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Old 05-07-2006, 08:24 AM   #7
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I dont think there is a guide to how much weight gain redfoots should put on. But like most speices
I would think 2-3grms a month is a good guide. This will encourage slow smooth growth.
Only sulcata and much larger speices will put on more each month.
The only tortoises to have a true guide are hermans, ibera, graeca graeca. They have the jackson ratio.
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Old 05-07-2006, 01:00 PM   #8
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Sorry linda
Missed this post ,as Sandy says a good guide is a general weight gain of a few grams a month ,reds are largeish tortoises and weight gain in the region of 3-4 grams monthly would be sufficent but saying this anything lower will be excepted as long as some gain is achieved they are growing as no two hatchling grow the same .
Another way of contoling growth is reds mature sexually by size rather than age but again size can be forced by over feeding a good method is to gain 1inch a year, so hatchling's hatch at one inch by 10yrs old and almost sexually mature you should have an 11-12 inch animal
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Old 05-07-2006, 01:34 PM   #9
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now i know
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