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Hi. Is this pink mark normal or something I should have looked at? It’s in the same spot on both sides of his shell. Thanks in advance. [emoji846]

Thanks to both of you! It's probably a good thing that I forget to use the supplements most days. Hopefully he'll be a lot happier now with a little extra variety to bulk out the weeds and flowers and a lot less calcium lol. :D

Thanks for your reply too! I'm probably going to stick to the forum tbh, I can't imagine how the groups I'm in would react to the fact that Flint is in an enclosed greenhouse. :eek: People mean well but they seem to be more familiar with Mediterranean species and apply their care requirements to...

Thanks so much for the reply! He was born in December 2016 so he's still pretty small at the moment. The FB group were recommending tables for babies too that's why I wanted to ask as I had him in one for a few days when I first got him (I wasn't originally planning on a leopard but...) and he...

Hi. I've had my Leopard Tortoise, Flint for a few months now and I've seen a lot of contradicting opinions about his care so I just wanted to ask for a few thoughts? I didn't want to post on any of the FB groups I'm apart of as they can get a bit vicious. :oops: 1. He currently lives in an...

Hi. Those are his normal temperatures but I've had to increase them a little bit as advised in my other thread because of the runny nose (which is clearing up now), I'm going to slowly reduce them once it's fully disappeared. I use a CHE at night as it's really cold outside anyway. His bulbs are...

Hi. I have a temperature gun. :)

Hi. Thanks for the reply! His humidity is always above 80% and I bathe him everyday as he's only a baby. He's stopped stomping round and is sleeping a lot and hiding in his shell whenever I get him out and still not really eating so I'm going to keep an eye on him for a few days and if things...

Hi. Thanks for the reply. I've increased his temps recently as advised as he had a bubbly nose. I just measured them now and his warm side is 36/37, cool 32, basking between 39/40 and overnight he has a che so lowest he gets really is 32. It's a bit cold recently and he lives in an outdoor...

Hi. I just wanted to ask some advice as Flint has been acting strange for a few days. He's normally quite chill but he's been charging around everywhere and knocking things over, he's also not eating really (I can't even tempt him with cactus) and I've only seen one poo and it was absolutely...

I bathe him everyday so that's good! I'll definitely be keeping a closer eye on his temperatures and making it a bit hotter in there. Thanks for the help. :)

@Korall It happened for a few days around a month ago and when I was going to take him to the vets it completely stopped and has only reappeared recently. At that time I was changing his enclosure a lot as I'd just moved him from a table to a more humid set up so I put it down to stress which I...

Hi. I've seen nose bubbles from my baby leopard tortoise's nose sporadically for around a month or so and I'm not sure whether it's cause for worry as he's acting completely fine otherwise. It happens more frequently when he's eating though if that could possibly be the reason? His temps and...

Hi. Thanks for the replies! She scatters them around the base of the plant. This is the back of the tub if it helps. TIA :)

Thanks so much! I think I'm just a bit worried as he's my first tortoise but he seems to be doing pretty well. I'm not really bothered about pyramiding aesthetically, I was just worried it was something I was causing (and was preventable) but I think he was kept in pretty dry conditions when he...

Hi. I've been offered some tortoise-safe plants grown in pesticide and fertiliser free soil but the person uses slug pellets to prevent the slugs from getting to the plants. Would they still be safe to feed to my tortoise? I'd obviously wash the plants before feeding. Thanks. :)

Thanks for the replies! It turns out I've been measuring him wrong :oops:I just found out how to measure him properly using the paper method and apparently he's actually 3.1 inches but 4.3 inc head and legs and he now weighs 83 grams. Is this a more normal size? The breeder I bought him from...

Humidity is nearly always above eighty and if I notice it slips just below (which is rare) I spray his soil and greenhouse to increase it however I think I've noticed slight pyramiding though my sister thinks I'm imagining it and that the slight raising always been there. Could it be more...

Hi. I think we're definitely going to incorporate your idea now. Thanks so much! :)

Hi. My 7 m/o tortoise (Flint) currently lives in a tortoise table (misinformed before I bought him) with a pvc greenhouse on top and tarp underneath to keep the humidity in but I'm looking to upgrade and just wanted to know whether my idea would be suitable. I'm looking at getting a custom built...