Ive rehomed a female russian who weighs 650 grams, Ive not measured her yet as she is still settling and I dont want to disturb her.
She was kept for 2 years in a vivarium and fed supermarket foods, however, I believe she could have been wild caught prior to this as she is extremely smooth, however I could be wrong and her smoothness is down to extremely good huspbandry in the past.
She appears healthy in every other way and is now eating weeds with no problems. Shes been checked for worms etc just prior to coming to me and she is clear. I'm just trying to establish therefore what sort of age she could be, I know that a lot of captive bred animals usually grow a lot quicker, so assuming that she is either wild caught or has been slowly grown would anybody have any idea of her age etc. I'll post pics and lengths etc later when I bath her. Any info, links or advice appreciated.

Hi it is very difficult to guess the age of a tort and it cannot be guessed from weight alone.Post pics and measurements when you can

She's 147mm scl and weighs 626 gramms. Am still figuring out how to upload pics - will try in moment - any ideas on approx age based on these figures? Am new to horsefields, currently keep reds, hermanns and leopards so just trying to figure out if shes adult or sub-adult, any help much appreciated.

Are you sure its a female?
My females are 700-800g and are almost adults and are about 6 inches
I know peters is about 1500g
My adult males are about 400-500g

Pic will help

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Hopefully these will work:

There is still absolutely no way of knowing how old she is. I have a horsfield that I have had for 5 years and was estimated to be around 4 years at the time of the customs seizure, she weighs less than 400 grams. On the other hand I have a rescue that I know to be 5 years old which weighs nearly 800 grams. Both are smoothly grown, one captive bred and the other wild caught.

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Sue

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[quote=tortoiseholly;1133211]Hopefully these will work:

Yes female, beautifully grown. Looks to be wild caught

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Sue

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Thank you for replying Sue, she is absolutely beautiful and has a great little character too! Ive currently got her on deep hemp but will be getting her on a nice deep sand/soil mix after Xmas any tips you can give me with regards to any aspect of her husbandry would be greatfully accepted. Cheers xxx

Lovely tortoise, my female is excatly the same and is 700g, i am unsure of her age because she is WC

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Aww she's beautiful

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