22-04-2014, 07:20 PM | #1 |
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Hello a new Tortoise owner here
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Just got my first ever tortoise today. Been looking on here for while to get tips. I have called him or could be a she Cecil is 18 months old and is very active. I'm sure i will be asking questions in the future. Bye for now. |
23-04-2014, 12:27 AM | #2 |
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Hello and welcome to SW what species is your new tortoise?
I thought Cecil was a good choice of name as it could end up as Cecilia |
23-04-2014, 08:52 AM | #3 |
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Hello and welcome from me too, looking forward to hearing more about your new tort
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23-04-2014, 10:43 AM | #4 |
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Welcome to you and Cecil.
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23-04-2014, 11:49 AM | #5 |
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Hi all
He is a Horsfield and is very sweet,and very active when he wakes up. It seems to take him about a hour after his lamp is on before he starts doing things.Is this right ? His shell measures about 9 cm,would that be about right for 18 months old ? Thanks for the welcomes |
23-04-2014, 12:44 PM | #6 |
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Hi and welcome to you both. Great name
We love to hear stories and see piccies here! Also, ask anything you're not sure of, there's a lot of knowledgable people here. I'm sure someone will be able to help with sizing, mine are much younger so I'd be no help I'm afraid. xx
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23-04-2014, 01:42 PM | #7 |
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I have an almost year old Horsfield show is a bit over 6cm so seems ok to me...
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24-04-2014, 04:06 PM | #8 | |
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Did you get the tort from a shop or a breeder, I have found with captive bred tortoises (that are not CITES protected) it can be very diffucult to age them based purely on size. Accelerated growth can be caused by overfeeding with would make it difficult to age based on the size. Obviosuly if you got it from a breeder they would be able to tell you when it hatched otherwise it would be nothing more than an estimation. I have two 2007 hatched Hermanns where one is nearly twice the size of the other and a 2010 hatched Hermann that despite only 3 years age difference still fits in the palm of my hand where the others require two hands to pick up properly. Hope that helps |
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24-04-2014, 07:37 PM | #9 |
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Hello & welcome.
Marg.
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