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StudentoReptile
06-29-12, 08:06 AM
I decided to weight all the tortoise today. Went outside to retrieve Kobe, and guess who was checking out his artificial burrow!

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/Tortoises/Kobe_burrow1.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/Tortoises/Kobe_burrow2.jpg

I reluctantly took him out to carry him inside to the scale. Put him in his little travel tub. Boy, I did not realize how big he had grown! Just for reference, when I first put him outside back in March, his shell only took up about half of this tub. He weighed in at about 1.9 lbs (almost a 2-pounder!).
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b400/MDC_Leviathan/Tortoises/Kobe_2lbs.jpg
Snakefood
06-29-12, 08:49 AM
what did he weight back in march??
StudentoReptile
06-29-12, 08:53 AM
what did he weight back in march??

I don't remember. I plugged his weight info into the wrong animal's tab, and ended up deleting it before I copied back into his spreadsheet. I wanna say in the 600 gram range.
Aaron_S
06-29-12, 10:02 AM
Torts are awesome. I just wish I had the ability to properly care for one in a large outdoor enclosure as well as an indoor one for the bad weather.
alessia55
06-29-12, 03:37 PM
Awesome tort. It's incredible how fast they grow... :yes:
LISA127
07-03-12, 11:55 AM
Hey, don't I know you from another forum!! :)

Nice pics!
Drgnfly2265
07-23-12, 05:10 PM
He looks great!
marvelfreak
07-23-12, 06:00 PM
Very nice looking tortoise. What kind is he?
StudentoReptile
07-24-12, 04:31 AM
African spur-thighed tortoise (aka sulcata tortoise) - Geochelone sulcata