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(02-17-2015, 11:52 PM)'Pckts' Wrote: 146 kg is a decent size for a Tom of 4 years of age, nothing special by any means but he could still put on another 50+kg of size in the next 4-6 years.
He is from the Masek Pride, so I will look up where they are inside the NCA.
50+ kg? Oh no...at this age he probably wont be any longer or taller...and he is already quite massive. Give him 20-30 kg max.
BTW I know about one amur tiger who is around 220 kg at the age of 2. According to you, he should be well over 300 kg in his prime :-)
Another example - I think you know the table with the data on growth of 3 bengal tigers (2 males, 1 female). The males were 200 kg at the age of 2...so again..they should hit 300 kg in their prime :-)
I don't like to use any captive weights for Amurs (if that is what you're quoting) just because they do so well there and I am not sure if that is actually due to the fact that they can put quite a bit of fat in captivity compared to their wild counterparts.
I don't think its unreasonable to put on another 40kg or so by the time he reached 8. But that is what peter and I are talking about now, we should start to take note the amount of varience in size of animals in different age group and how much they actually put on as the reach their prime age and what exactly that might be.