Someone's getting bigger!

[StudentoReptile]

I decided to weight all the tortoise today. Went outside to retrieve Kobe, and guess who was checking out his artificial burrow!




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!).

[Snakefood]

what did he weight back in march??

[StudentoReptile]

Originally Posted by Snakefood

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]

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]

Awesome tort. It's incredible how fast they grow...

[LISA127]

Hey, don't I know you from another forum!!

Nice pics!

[Drgnfly2265]

He looks great!

[marvelfreak]

Very nice looking tortoise. What kind is he?

[StudentoReptile]

African spur-thighed tortoise (aka sulcata tortoise) - Geochelone sulcata