Hi Neal, yes, they hibernated for many months over the winter. Highveld winters can get quite warm during the day (sometimes 18 degrees Celcius), so they would occasionally take a walk around their pen during the middle of the day and basked in the warm sunshine but always went back to their...
Hi Tom, I left SA in 2000 before I had a digital camera, so will have to dig out some of the very few pics that I took at the time. I did not even think of pyramiding as an issue at the time. My torts were just so healthy and happy and I thought ''rougher'' shells were natural. In fact, I had...
Hello All,
I have recently moved to Mass. but kept and bred Leopard tortoises in my native South Africa for many, many years. Have not had torts for the last 10 years but looking to get something again in the next 6 months or so. Looking at Pardalis, Sri Lankan Stars or Radiated but so, so...
I am a South African who has recently moved to the US. I kept and bred Pardalis for many years back home. I have seen both smooth and pyramided Leopards ''in the wild''. ''In the wild'' sadly does not really exist. Thousands and thousands of Leopards are kept illegally as pets in back gardens in...