My leopard shell problem

Hi i have 3years old leopard
His shell is abnormal
What is problem??
He lives in enclosure
70humidity
80.6~86F

Can you provide more details, you say he lives in an enclosure. Does he get to go outside, does he have access to a high quality uvb/uva lamp and what do you feed him, how often and how much?

Is the enclosure closed? Or open top?

How big is the enclosure? With more then one in the enclosure, the size your tort looks, it has to be very big or you will have tortoises not getting along and poor muscle development.
As for the shell. I see pyramiding and new growth. Other then that I don't see anything wrong

Andy27012 said:

Can you provide more details, you say he lives in an enclosure. Does he get to go outside, does he have access to a high quality uvb/uva lamp and what do you feed him, how often and how much?

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teresaf said:

Is the enclosure closed? Or open top?

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Hi
Leopard lives in closed top enclosure
I feed him everyday mainly chicory, timothy, zucchini
And so on
I turon on uvb 11 ours a day
He can not out side these days because of cold climate

wellington said:

How big is the enclosure? With more then one in the enclosure, the size your tort looks, it has to be very big or you will have tortoises not getting along and poor muscle development.
As for the shell. I see pyramiding and new growth. Other then that I don't see anything wrong

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Hi
Enclosure size 1800*550*600(wide*longth*height)
My tortoise size is 12cm 16cm 25cm
They live together but I will raise them balcony in this summer
Balcony size maybe enough

I upload my tortoise enclosure please see it and advice me

I would change his diet, leopards are grazers and as such need mostly grasses. There are many grass seed mixes available for sale tailored for African tortoises. I would also cut out Timothy hay after you switch him over as it is high in protein. My last suggestion would be to provide a calcium supplement once or twice a month to him, something like repashy calcium plus.

That isn't a coil type bulb right? Enclosure Looks good. I would use more dirt and bury the water dish some. The white things in the dirt...Is that vermiculite? I think that's what that's called in potting mix. Not good for tortoises at all. If humidity was as high as it says it is the glass would be fogged. I would invest in a digital temperature/hygrometer with probe on 3 ft wire. You'll soon see humidity is too low. They work better because the probe is in tank not mechanism. They're 12 bucks on amazon.

Hi Mikael, and welcome to the forum!

If you're worried because the top of your tortoise's shell seems a bit bumpy (pyramiding), then rest easy. There's nothing wrong with your tortoise's shell. He looks beautiful. When he was a baby, from hatch to about a year old, he was kept too dry, and that's why he grew bumps. It's too late to do anything about it now, but there's nothing wrong with it. It's purely cosmetic and not causing him any harm at all.

That's a pretty nice enclosure. Might be just a bit too small for two tortoises, but it's very nice. You could add to it by placing a few plants around inside. This gives them places to hide and to get out of the bright light.

Pour some water in there to moisten the substrate, and make sure the temperature doesn't dip down below 75F.

Yvonne G said:

Hi Mikael, and welcome to the forum!

If you're worried because the top of your tortoise's shell seems a bit bumpy (pyramiding), then rest easy. There's nothing wrong with your tortoise's shell. He looks beautiful. When he was a baby, from hatch to about a year old, he was kept too dry, and that's why he grew bumps. It's too late to do anything about it now, but there's nothing wrong with it. It's purely cosmetic and not causing him any harm at all.

That's a pretty nice enclosure. Might be just a bit too small for two tortoises, but it's very nice. You could add to it by placing a few plants around inside. This gives them places to hide and to get out of the bright light.

Pour some water in there to moisten the substrate, and make sure the temperature doesn't dip down below 75F.

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Definitely; they will appreciate it not being so open and will almost always choose to rest under/beside something rather than out in open space.

Andy27012 said:

I would change his diet, leopards are grazers and as such need mostly grasses. There are many grass seed mixes available for sale tailored for African tortoises. I would also cut out Timothy hay after you switch him over as it is high in protein. My last suggestion would be to provide a calcium supplement once or twice a month to him, something like repashy calcium plus.

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Actually, leopards usually won't eat grass at a young age unless they were started out on it. You can try to add some to their diet, but don't be surprised if they don't eat it. The hay is okay too as a small part of a widely varied diet.