Absolutely. I literally haven’t seen any kids in over a year and a half (since Covid) and I just didn’t think about it. Honestly, it’s very doubtful I’ll let a kid hold him again. Thanks for the tips :)
Hi all,
I don’t know what I was thinking but today I let my neighbour's granddaughter hold my ~2 year old leopard and she dropped him. Its totally my fault, she’s only 5 and I really should have known better. He was about at her waist height, and as I said she’s 5 so I doubt it was more than...
Koa is officially a year old! As of this morning, she’s 163g, and is active and eating tons! Her second layer of white is starting to come in, and she’s so stinking cute. I made a “cake” for her out of mazuri ls, black kale, cactus and dried hibiscus. Happy birthday Koa!
Thanks so much for your reply, I really appreciate it! The container does say “100% silicone” and doesn’t say anything about mould resistance, just gives a 10 year guarantee. I looked up the compound on the back, and it looks to be a polymer cross linker to make the silicone stronger and dry...
Hi everyone,
I recently built a new enclosure for my baby leopard tortoise koa, and used the silicone pictured below, “mono silicone pro”. I didn’t realize that there were different types or that there was a specific one for aquariums, but now I’m worried. It was allowed to cure for over a...
Hi everyone!
Koa came home about 5 weeks ago, and I just wanted to show “her” off! She was 100g exactly when she got home, and is now 124g as of Sunday!
I finished building and monitoring her new enclosure for temps humidity, etc. about a week ago and put her in, and she loves it. It’s about...
Hi everyone!
Can you use wood stain or paint on the outside and the inside of a wooden enclosure? I know fumes can be incredibly harmful, is there a certain brand that works best? I would prefer to use stain rather than paint. Should I just not paint or stain it at all?
Thanks in advance...
Thank you! The breeder definitely wasn’t the issue, he’s great and has raised hundreds of babies over many years. Doesn’t start them dry, soaks twice a day, and super knowledgeable about everything. No one could figure out what was going on with my last baby, it broke my heart when she passed away.
Hi Tom, I have a couple questions for you:
-for you flood bulbs, do you use dome fixtures to house them in?
-would you recommend 5.0 or 10.0 reptisun T5 HO tube lighting?
Thanks in advance!
Hi there! My name is Kate, and I’m located on the west coast of BC, Canada. I’m about to be the proud owner of a beautiful 9 month old high white leopard tortoise. She’s extremely well started and is growing like a weed at her breeders house until I’m back from vacation!
I had a baby leo that...