Shelled Warriors Forums
 

Go Back   Shelled Warriors Forums > Tortoise Information > Non Med Species - Information & Questions

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 16-10-2014, 04:34 PM   #1
mather
Member
Egg
 
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 67
Default sulcata size

Could someone please help what size should a 2 year old sulcata be ? Beacause i have one that is 4inches long and 3.5 inches wide. And one that is 3.5 inches long and 3 inches wide is this normal?
mather is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16-10-2014, 06:10 PM   #2
sandy
Senior Member
Adult
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Kent UK
Posts: 12,144
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by mather View Post
Could someone please help what size should a 2 year old sulcata be ? Beacause i have one that is 4inches long and 3.5 inches wide. And one that is 3.5 inches long and 3 inches wide is this normal?
All tortoises grow at different speeds, and of course their food intake will have an effect too.
And to be honest weight is more important than size:0)
__________________
< > 60+, keeping ibera, graeca and box turtles
\0/
/_\

http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/tortoisefriends
sandy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16-10-2014, 08:05 PM   #3
mather
Member
Egg
 
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 67
Default

The big one weighed december 10th 2013 was 317g he was about 17 months old and the little one was 243g at 17 months old do these weights seem ok
mather is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16-10-2014, 09:09 PM   #4
Pussygalore
Senior Member
Adult
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Cambridge
Posts: 6,479
Default

I have heard of sullys still small at that age and those that suddenly start to grow, mine was 2 years and weighed about 1500 grams, and once she started to grow it was very fast, this was mine
Pussygalore is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16-10-2014, 09:12 PM   #5
mather
Member
Egg
 
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 67
Default

Wow that looks amazing . So i just need to wait for it to start its growth spert then.
mather is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 17-10-2014, 08:47 AM   #6
Pussygalore
Senior Member
Adult
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Cambridge
Posts: 6,479
Default

I've heard of sullies almost fully grown at 10 so thats a lot of fast growing it has to do, I was in touch with someone who's sully was small untill 3 then it just grew and grew so I guess like most things they are all different. If you haven't already I'd start thinking about building your permanent outside enclosure I know mine was in a 6x4 table and would have maybe had another winter then she'd have had to be moved outside. We were lucky though in that she had the floor of a big greenhouse for when it was to wet outside this was covered with soil, planted and had a suspended combined lamp it was also heated. Bolder also had her large grassed area with heated house for dry days but we had the space to kind of grow with her. The gh was used for hubbies plants so was heated anyway through the winter we only needed to add the combined and him to move around her.
Pussygalore is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 17-10-2014, 12:08 PM   #7
mather
Member
Egg
 
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 67
Default

That sounds like a perfect home for them i have a 5foot x 3foot heated house for them in the garden to sleep and they can walk round the garden when they want. I suppose i will just have to wait for them to grow. Cant wait ha ha
mather is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 17-10-2014, 12:23 PM   #8
Pussygalore
Senior Member
Adult
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Cambridge
Posts: 6,479
Default

will they stay out there all winter?
Pussygalore is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 17-10-2014, 01:01 PM   #9
mather
Member
Egg
 
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 67
Default

They will when they are bigger. What do you think
mather is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
sulcata


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 07:11 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.