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........oh yes, & me, I'm the one in the middle....

(dad LHS 8yrs old), mom (RHS 7yrs old) & baby 1 mth old.

graham(UK)

size comparrisom, baby with mom.

>>size comparrisom, baby with mom.
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Ed @ Tortoise Keepers
Trying to keep the fun in Chelonian care

OMG that picture is AWESOME!!!!!!!
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PHRatz

Curious here.. how much to Mom & Dad weigh?
They look like they are pretty darn big tortoises, beautiful too.
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PHRatz

The male weighed in at 38kg about 12mths ago & the female topped 35kg mid March 05. So I guess that at present I'd say ~40kg each.

A clutch of eggs (24, 25, 17, & 22eggs) typically weigh around 1kg.
So far 4 hatchlings have emerged.
A new born typically weighs in at (22gm, 24gm, 23gm & 22gm)
The incubation temp was 30c & 75-85% humidity.
The incubation period was (118, 138 & 142 days.

Hope this is helpfull to you.
graham(UK)

>>The male weighed in at 38kg about 12mths ago & the female topped 35kg mid March 05. So I guess that at present I'd say ~40kg each.

Our sulcata was found after she'd been dumped by someone out in the countryside and she was in poor condition. Her age is something we can only guess at so knowing that your tortoises are this large and weigh this much (checking converstion charts ) at only 7 and 8 years of age is very interesting to me.
Ours was 12 inches long, weighed 9.1 lbs when she was found, she's grown to 17 inches long and 50lbs 3 years later. We often wonder if she's much younger than she may appear to be.

Last week I got to hold a sulcata hatchling. Our vet spayed a female, she took the eggs that were in the tort out then the tortoise owner took most of the eggs, but the vet incubated a few.
One has hatched so far, I got to hold that one. It's almost unbelievable that the offspring are so tiny!
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PHRatz