Reptilian Feline
Active Member
I fell in love with the Leopard tortoises quite by accident. They were in a terrarium at eye level at a privately owned exotic pets store that I was visiting with my hubby. He was getting some new tarantulas, and I was tagging along to have a look myself.
Long story short - I went home, did some research and decided to get one at the next Expo over in Denmark... and so I did.
He is tiny, the seller/breeder is Swedish like me, and I have the paper for him/her with the date of birth.
I worried about his health (I got the wrong paper first with an older tort birthday) and asked questions over at ATP (I also have a Pelomedusa variabilis). I did get some good advice, but needed more, and so Google led me here.
I've been reading about keeping hatchling leopards here, about closed chambers, night temp, soaking and reasons for tiny torts. I hope to find some more answers and will post questions in the proper sections.
Thanks for having me!
Long story short - I went home, did some research and decided to get one at the next Expo over in Denmark... and so I did.
He is tiny, the seller/breeder is Swedish like me, and I have the paper for him/her with the date of birth.
I worried about his health (I got the wrong paper first with an older tort birthday) and asked questions over at ATP (I also have a Pelomedusa variabilis). I did get some good advice, but needed more, and so Google led me here.
I've been reading about keeping hatchling leopards here, about closed chambers, night temp, soaking and reasons for tiny torts. I hope to find some more answers and will post questions in the proper sections.
Thanks for having me!