You've gotten some bad advice, and you've been caring for this tortoise all wrong. Not saying this to be mean. Saying this because you need to know what is wrong in order to fix it. Most of the people breeding and selling this species don't start them or care for them correctly and then they give the same bad advice to buyers. Not your fault that they don't know what they are doing.Not sure how much he ways maybe 100 ish grams
We got him from a breeder at the pomona reptile super show.
he lives in a 2ft x 1 ft tub with cocnut husk substrate which isnt moist which would cause an issue, living with 3 other hatvhlings which I moved.
during the night we move the tub inside ( temp of maybe 70F) and during the day the tub is in the sun with a log hide.
Weve been deeding them kale lettuce and some calcium supplement spray.
Here is something that is your fault, and I hope you'll correct it: Buying an animal when you can't afford to care for it if it gets sick is irresponsible. Those vet bills come with the animal. Now that you've made the tortoise sick, you want to give the problem and vet bills to someone else? Not cool. I hope you'll reconsider this.
Here are some tips to help you fix the problems:
- Outside all day is bad for baby tortoises. They need to be mostly indoors in the correct conditions.
- A small tub in the sun is not a good environment for a baby tortoise. You are lucky it is still alive. The mild weather down there has been cool enough to keep your tortoise alive so far, but this is a dangerous practice.
- You didn't say what species your other tortoises are, but if they are different species, this could be the source of your problem. Species should never be mixed. When species are mixed, the result is usually weird sicknesses, lesions, infections and sometimes deaths.
- If they are all the same species, are they the same size? Did you quarantine each new one for a few months? If not, this could be the source of this problem.
- Your enclosure is much too small. They need a minimum of 2x4 feet as babies. Much more as they grow.
- This species needs to be kept warm at night. No lower than 80. Room temp in a temperate climate is too cold for a tropical tortoise species. Room temp in a temperate climate is great for temperate species like Russians or CA desert tortoises.
- Kale and lettuce are not good foods. Neither are toxic or bad as a small part of a varied diet, but neither meet the tortoises nutritional needs and neither should be a main food source.
- How often do you do the calcium spray? Twice a week is plenty.
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/beginner-mistakes.45180/
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/how-to-raise-a-healthy-sulcata-or-leopard-version-2-0.79895/
Less grass for a leopard, but the food list is good if you scroll down:
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/for-those-who-have-a-young-sulcata.76744/