These are measurements taken about every 6 months of the tortoises we found on or near our land from when we first found Karl to when we released all of them back into the wild.
| Tortoises Growth Record | ||||||
| Date | Length cm | Width cm | Height cm | Weight g | Comments | |
| Karl | ||||||
| 13-Sep-11 | 3.5 | 3 | 10 | |||
| 27-Sep-11 | 13 | |||||
| 01-May-12 | 4 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 18 | After hibernation | |
| 13-Sep-12 | 5.7 | 5 | 3.3 | 46 | ||
| 14-Jul-13 | 7 | 5.9 | 3.8 | 82 | ||
| 14-Sep-13 | 8.3 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 113 | ||
| 21-Mar-14 | 7.99 | 6.58 | 4.28 | 107 | after hibernation | |
| 18-Sep-14 | 9.47 | 7.65 | 4.94 | 185 | ||
| 02-Oct-15 | 10.65 | 8.4 | 5.3 | 247 | released Into wild with Pru | |
| Liam | 14-Jul-13 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 27 | Older than Karl last year in May; doesn’t seem to eat so much |
| 14-Sep-13 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 34 | ||
| 21-Mar-14 | 5.28 | 4.65 | 3 | 37 | after hibernation | |
| 18-Sep-14 | 7.1 | 6.04 | 3.8 | 85 | ||
| 03-Oct-15 | 8.27 | 6.95 | 4.5 | 138 | Released into wild with Niall | |
| Malcolm | 14-Jul-13 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 29 | Same age as Liam |
| 14-Sep-13 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 3 | 37 | ||
| Climbed out of Neu-Karls-Platz and disappeared! | ||||||
| Niall | 21-Mar-14 | 3.94 | 3.63 | 2.12 | 16 | Found 19 Mar when clearing builder’s sand near electricity pole, same as Karl in May 2012 |
| (dark) | 29-Sep-14 | 5.25 | 4.77 | 2.63 | 34 | |
| 03-Oct-15 | 6.4 | 5.44 | 3.3 | 60 | Released into wild with Liam | |
| Otto | 20-May-14 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 19 | Found 20 May, clearly same age as Niall, and was only about 3m away from where Niall was |
| (light) | 18-Sep-14 | 5.29 | 4.83 | 2.6 | 36 | |
| 03-Oct-15 | 6.34 | 5.43 | 3.13 | 56 | Released into wild after Liam and Niall | |
| Pru | 30-May-14 | 10.97 | 8.98 | 6.1 | 323 | Asked tortoise person on road to Goran’s for a 4-year-old female and got Pru |
| 14-Sep-14 | 12.9 | 9.8 | 6.9 | 479 | ||
| 02-Oct-15 | 14.6 | 10.9 | 7 | 730 | weight approx as she is too big for the scales. Released into wild with Karl | |