Hi,
I have now had my leopard for 5 weeks, we noticed yesterday that the underside of his shell his soft.
He has a substrate of sand/soil mix, slate to walk on over a third of his accommodation and grass that he buries into.
He eats very well, he goes into his water about 5-6 times a day to drink/urinate and he defecates once a day.
He sleeps for 17 hours, but the 7 hours he is awake he is very active.
I have read about shell rot and MBD but he does not appear unwell.
He has a UVB/heat light, calicium added to food daily and nutrobal once a week. He also has a night heat light.
He is not in a vivarium.
Is it normal for 3 month old leopards to have soft shells? We want the best for him and to make sure we are doing everything right.
many thanks in advance, Vicki
I have now had my leopard for 5 weeks, we noticed yesterday that the underside of his shell his soft.
He has a substrate of sand/soil mix, slate to walk on over a third of his accommodation and grass that he buries into.
He eats very well, he goes into his water about 5-6 times a day to drink/urinate and he defecates once a day.
He sleeps for 17 hours, but the 7 hours he is awake he is very active.
I have read about shell rot and MBD but he does not appear unwell.
He has a UVB/heat light, calicium added to food daily and nutrobal once a week. He also has a night heat light.
He is not in a vivarium.
Is it normal for 3 month old leopards to have soft shells? We want the best for him and to make sure we are doing everything right.
many thanks in advance, Vicki