Hello, I’m in search of an adult male Leopard Tortoise to keep my female company. I live in Houston Texas & have a nice size yard & other enclosures. They get plenty of warmth & sun & I try to grow much of my own food. I can also come & pick up. I currently keep other baby Leopard Tortoises &...
Everything necessary to grow an embryo is inside an egg. What’s the difference between a live bearer or egg born embryo? The shell vs the umbilical cord. Otherwise everything is the same & all needed is the gas / oxygen exchange. The umbilical cord does this through the placenta. The egg does...
I’ve had a scam a few yrs ago. Also talked about shipping the Leopard tortoise to me. I had free air miles to Boston, where they admitted they weren’t there & it was a scam.
What part of Houston did you find him? What size? After Harvey, we were flooded out. A friend in Pearland was watching our four Sulcatas. “Dozer” went missing. He had escaped from my friends outside enclosure. November 30, 2017, I posted him missing. Yes they can & do survive through Houston...
Just because you are right doesn’t make me wrong. It had been pretty well assumed that excessive protein in the diet was the cause. Other factors including the ratio of calcium-to-phosphorus in the diet, temperature, access to natural light or UVB, dietary fiber and overfeeding were also cited...
Babies are delicate and needs to be soaked a few times a week. Daily is even better especially when it’s hot outside. Try different vegetation, kale, romaine, cactus pad, grassland Tortoise food, wheatgrasss, strawberry, etc. I put mine outside in a locked cage with shade, during the daytime. I...
I live in Houston & my wife and I raise Leopard Tortoises and Burmese Star Tortoises. I would like to adopt the Leopard Tortoise from you. I could come and get it.
Thank you
Christopher
I may be a new member to this forum but I’m not a novice at raising Tortoise & turtles & other herps. My interest is purely for the care of the refdoot. If you would meet me at a local airport, I’ll fly up & get the Tortoise.
Thank you
Christopher