Hello there i was wondering if someone can tell me a bit about my tortoise, we got it 3 weeks ago from a lovely breeder and it been going very well. we was told its a year old and when we got home we weighed it and it was 109g, i have weighed again today and it now saying 118g is this ok for 3weeks???? just want to check the weight is ok?? many thanks lisa.xx

Hello and welcome from me.

I think theres a natural tendency to go a bit mad with the feeding with a new tortoise, I've done it myself! 9 grams in 3 weeks isn't too bad for a 100+ gram tortoise in my opinion and a lot depends on hydration, growth etc.

A healthy weight for a tortoise is linked to its size, the Straight Carapace Length or SCL. There is a chart called the McIntyre ratio where you can plot weight and length against an ideal line. Hope this link to it works,

http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=aV1ASZg0

and heres how to measure the straight carapace length of a tortoise

http://www.tlady.clara.net/measure.htm

Hope this helps