General Care Discussion :: Normal Turtle progression charts

[rfjedi]

Ok here are the measurements of lengths for the turtles have I have obtained them. I am posting this because I want to know what people think about if there is any unusual growth patterns which should cause alarm towards one of my turtles...to convert to inches divide by 2.54

renegade
December 27 3.49 Cm
January 3 3.81 cm
January 10 4.45 cm
January 17 4.60 cm
January 24 4.93 cm
January 31 5.40 cm
February 7 5.60 cm
February 14 6.00 cm
february 21 6.35 cm


Bella
December 27 3.18 cm
January 3 3.49 cm
January 10 3.65 cm
January 17 3.81 cm
January 24 4.13 cm
January 31 4.76 cm
February 7 4.76 cm
February 14 5.00 cm
February 21 5.12 cm

dark
January 17 3.33 cm
January 24 3.49 cm
January 31 3.65 cm
February 7 3.65 cm
February 14 3.75 cm
February 21 3.75 cm

light
January 17 3.33 cm
January 24 3.33 cm
January 31 3.33 cm
February 7 3.33 cm
February 14 3.33 cm
February 21 3.40 cm

big femal
January 31 14.76 cm
February 7 14.81 cm
february 14 14.95 cm
February 21 14.95 cm

big male
January 31 11.43 cm
February 7 11.45 cm
february 14 11.50 cm
February 21 11.60 cm

small smale
January 31 11.00 cm
February 7 11.00 cm
February 14 11.00 cm
February 21 11.12 cm

[worldpeace]

I could guess that Renegade and Bella are females since they've grown 2-3 cm in only a couple of months, while Dark didn't even grow a cm in one month.

[rfjedi]

I cant tell quite yet but I THINk they are females

[MoreBloodWine]

Look's good to me... here's Nikos growth chart. I'd like to think he/she is progressing pretty well.

9/24/2008 10 grams 1.5 inches
11/9/2008 18 grams 1.8 inches
1/1/2009 28 grams 2.5 inches
2/21/2009 36 grams 2.6 inches
12/15/2009 74 grams 3.25 inches

[TheComputerGremlin]

I feel like Renegade might be growing a bit faster than they should, though still being small, they might be on track. Keep an eye out for overfeeding so you don't end up with pyramiding.

As for Light and Dark, I think they aren't growing quite fast enough, but they are still small. I didn't actually track my turtle's progress, because I didn't think about it at the time, but I got her when she was about 1.5" and she grew to about 2.25" in about 3-4 months. Now, at 2.5 years, she's about 6.5". She really rocketed in growth initially and slowed down, no pyramiding.

Another thing you can post is pictures of the top shell with the scutes and margins showing. The wider the margins, the faster the growth, which is bad. You want nice, tight margins for growth.

[rfjedi]

ok Ill do pictures