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I know that tortoise growth rate may be very individualistic matter, but I'm getting a bit worried about my leopard. He is currently 3.5 years old and weight around 2070g (as measured today). However he has this weight since good three months and before we saw a steady weight gain...
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for the past three days my leopard tortoise has considerably reduced his activity. It literally either sits in the hiding or under the basking lamp or eats. Before he would roam the terrarium for whole day between feeding time. Seems to be a bit lethargic but eats normally and drinks. There...
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I'm building a new indoor enclosure for my leopard tortoise (2 years old). Size is 240 cm x 140 cm x 50 cm and a bulb can be fitted 30-70 cm from the substrate level. Around 40% will be covered with glass or plexi. I would like to use MVB, PowerSun and Solar Raptor are my only options...
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It is time to build a bigger and more durable indoor enclosure for my leopard tortoise. I got stuck on choosing a way to impregnate wood to protect it from humidity and make it easier to clean but also keep the enclosure safe for tortoise. Does anyone have any products to recommend? Thank...
My 1.5 years old leopard tortoise hasn't pooped for at least 2 weeks. She is active, eats well. We are now on winter diet - lamb lettuce, romaine lettuce, endive, etc. She is not dehydrated, now gets daily baths in warm water, does not seem to be in pain...but no poo for a long time sounds...
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Regarding Repti Glo 5.0 and 10.0 (the tube type, not the coil!), which one is better for a young leopard tortoise that is kept indoor through the winter/spring? Currently I have two Repti Glo 5.0, 15W, hanging 35 cm above the substrate level, on long side of the table, that I need to...
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My tortoise is around 12-14 months old. I got her when she was around 6-8 months old, perfectly smooth and round. Since then she had been growing very fast - from 144g to 320g currently. And she started pyramiding as well. The humidity is around 50% (she lives in an open wooden box with...
I have a question regarding feeding mazuri to hatchlings. Do they in general like it? Or is it the same as with hay? My leopard tortoise (10 month old) doesn't want to eat hay and I'm constantly looking for a healthy alternative to spring mixes during the winter that she will like. Hay seems to...
I have a young leopard tortoise, currently is around 10 cm in length and weights around 218 g. She is on antibiotics because of the mild respiratory system infection and those are administered orally. I need to give in total 7 doses, one every 3 days. Today we solved it after a long time by...
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I'm looking for a good pasture mix that can be planted in house, that is available in Europe (EU has strict regulations on seeds that you can import from other countries) and that is good for leopard tortoises. I was thinking about buying separate packs of dandelion, plantain and so on but...
Three weeks ago we have bought a 6-months old Leopard tortoise, thought to be a female. She weighted 144 g. Her appetite is not the best, but she is growing around 5-8 g per week. Around week ago I noticed that sometimes she lets out the wet bubbles through her nose. It doesn't happen very often...