baby Ivory

burnt toast · 06-10-2012, 02:23 AM

Shes growing, very slowly, now 16 grams! Look how spindley her legs are!

kkenny · 06-10-2012, 07:36 AM

lovely and where did you get that sunshine? I want some.

Is she growing too slow do you mean or was that just a joke as torts do grow slow. Or could be me that's a bit slow come to think about it.

Suze65 · 06-10-2012, 07:56 AM

She's looking lovely, is that her mum , great pic

Easter Bunny · 06-10-2012, 03:42 PM

aww, she looks beautiful and so does the big one xx

emma_mcraf · 06-10-2012, 06:02 PM

She's a gorgeous little hatchling. Glad she's growing we'll.

Crwban · 06-10-2012, 08:26 PM

What a lovely pic.
It really makes you realise how tiny the babies are.

Crwban

hermannstig · 08-10-2012, 05:04 PM

What a beautiful little hatchling she's a really nice colour

Mum is gorgeous as well and huge!

Kerry x

SeeShell · 08-10-2012, 05:32 PM

Hi Lynn - a lovely little hatchling. I had to smile - she's about the size of an adult scute!! Is that mum she's with?

burnt toast · 08-10-2012, 10:11 PM

Tilly isnt her mum I just thought it would be nice to get a picture as these are my two lightest coloured Margies.

Ivory was born at the end of May & has had feeding difficulties, she had a membrane preventing her from opening her mouth

We had her fitted with a feeding tube but she managed to pull it out after about 3 weeks, if that

I suspect she still has a weak jaw. As she can spend a lot of time chasing after food but doesnt seem to get much of it inside her, when she finally gets a piece in her mouth she uses her arm to hold & rip it which results in the food coming back out again, she doesnt seem to have the strenth in her jaw to grip it. If she would eat pellets it would be a god send, to give her a big hit of concentrated nutrition & secondly they are soft but no, she wont touch them, she is purely a weeds & petals girl! So any food has to be very finely chopped/ pulverised.

Dont know what her long term chances are but she seems very bright & active.

06-10-2012, 02:23 AM	#1
burnt toast Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5,245	baby Ivory Shes growing, very slowly, now 16 grams! Look how spindley her legs are! Last edited by burnt toast; 13-10-2013 at 08:05 AM.

06-10-2012, 07:36 AM	#2
kkenny Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Warwick Posts: 1,303	lovely and where did you get that sunshine? I want some. Is she growing too slow do you mean or was that just a joke as torts do grow slow. Or could be me that's a bit slow come to think about it. __________________ Karin Spartacus, THB, March 2013 Henry, THB, July 2008

06-10-2012, 07:56 AM	#3
Suze65 Senior Member Adult Join Date: May 2012 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 6,769	She's looking lovely, is that her mum , great pic __________________ Suze. 3 THB, Sammy, Jemima, & Phoebe 7 Marginated, Tabitha, Ptolome, Tatiana, Noah,Lottey, Lulu & Poppy 1 TGG (Emma) RIP Feb 2012

06-10-2012, 03:42 PM	#4
Easter Bunny Senior Member Adult Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Kent Posts: 5,337	aww, she looks beautiful and so does the big one xx __________________ Lynne x

06-10-2012, 06:02 PM	#5
emma_mcraf Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 11,365	She's a gorgeous little hatchling. Glad she's growing we'll. __________________ Emma Testudo Hermanni 5.12.2:Theo, Tamara, Tabitha, Harriet, Isabelle, Clara, Oscar, Hugo, Oliver, Florence, Arabella, Esmé, Aurelia, Felicia, Claudia, Atticus, Celestia, Amaris, Tristan and Clementine Budgies: Jasper, Ivo, Otis, Henry, Louie and Luca Doggies: 1.1.0 Chester and Lottie

06-10-2012, 08:26 PM	#6
Crwban Member Hatchling Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Anglesey Posts: 608	What a lovely pic. It really makes you realise how tiny the babies are. Crwban __________________ Sadly, no longer a tortoise owner, but still looking at the pictures.

08-10-2012, 05:04 PM	#7
hermannstig Member Incubating Join Date: May 2012 Location: Scotland Posts: 163	What a beautiful little hatchling she's a really nice colour Mum is gorgeous as well and huge! Kerry x __________________ 0.2.4 Hermann's tortoise The Stig, Hebe & 4 perfect tinies 1.1.0 Dogs Buster & Shiva 0.0.1 Amazon Parrot Jacko 0.2.0 Guinea pigs Nibbles & Crackers 1.0.0 cat Thomas 1.1.0 Ferrets Jasmine & Jojo 2.0.0 Rats Roland & Clyde 1.1.0 Children 1.0.0 Long suffering husband

08-10-2012, 05:32 PM	#8
SeeShell Senior Member Adult Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 3,120	Hi Lynn - a lovely little hatchling. I had to smile - she's about the size of an adult scute!! Is that mum she's with? __________________ SS

08-10-2012, 10:11 PM	#9
burnt toast Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5,245	Tilly isnt her mum I just thought it would be nice to get a picture as these are my two lightest coloured Margies. Ivory was born at the end of May & has had feeding difficulties, she had a membrane preventing her from opening her mouth We had her fitted with a feeding tube but she managed to pull it out after about 3 weeks, if that I suspect she still has a weak jaw. As she can spend a lot of time chasing after food but doesnt seem to get much of it inside her, when she finally gets a piece in her mouth she uses her arm to hold & rip it which results in the food coming back out again, she doesnt seem to have the strenth in her jaw to grip it. If she would eat pellets it would be a god send, to give her a big hit of concentrated nutrition & secondly they are soft but no, she wont touch them, she is purely a weeds & petals girl! So any food has to be very finely chopped/ pulverised. Dont know what her long term chances are but she seems very bright & active.

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