Hi All,
i have an 8 year old med Spur-thigh ibera that has just come out of a ten week hibernation, with total success(fridge) and she was eating like a horse after about an hour!, however according to the jacksons ration she is vastly underweight, has anybody got any ideas on how to get her weight up this year without overfeeding her (165mmSCL and 620gramms at the end of hibernation) she is now 750gramms

thanks Crusty

What do you think?

The tortoise just came out of hibernation... they have a relatively slow metabolism... it's eating... patience might be an option.

My suggestion... throw away the numbers and what the tortoise is 'supposed to do'. Go with your instincts an what the tortoise tells you.

Thanks for the constructive opinion, are you saying the jacksons ratio is worthless then?

i overfed the tortoise at first, but she still has a good shape with no pyramiding, my gut feeling is that she is underweight

what do others iberas weigh / and size at 8 years

How can you overfeed her if she needs to put weight on?
Just let her eat...she doesnt sound too bad.

What do 29 year old humans weigh...

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Offer plenty of watercress - mine grew sigificantly faster when I fed them the stuff this winter campared to a normal weed diet. Helens right - if you think your tortoise is underweight then you can't over feed it.

so what about the gradual growth part of tortoise keeping then, should i see if she would like a bigmac and fries then

Ok i will try the water cress, hopefully that will work, so do you guys just stuff the area full of food and let them eat and eat.

all depends on how long they spend on computers typing in crap when they should be out with their mates playing football etc hahahaha

I'm with Ed on this one

If she is putting on weight then there's nothing to worry about.

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