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The tfo app on my phone won't let me upload a pic. So I guess I'm gonna go with that the substrate is dying the skin since he is acting like a healthy tort...If by chance he starts acting strange I'll make another thread

I got him in July and the owner of the reptile shop where I got him said he was 4 months, so that would make him...about ten months(?) He looks kinda small to me for almost being a yearling, and I did just change his substrate to coco husk, I'll have to try scrubbing him. Pic coming soon.

Well his head and a little bit of his neck aren't yellow anymore, its turning brown

Recently the skin on my little ones head has gotten very dark, should I be concerned or is this normal? He is still very active and eating well. And I don't think he's getting burned from the light, I have a repti sun 100watt mvb, about 12-16 inches from the substrate above his enclosure as...

I could be wrong, and hopefully someone with more experience can correct me, but they may be slowing down to prepare for hibernation, it is about that time, this will be my first time hibernating a russian so..like I said, could be wrong

I mist him and and the enclosure several times a day and he is currently on spring mix,, i tried some zoomed grass land tortoise food but I dont think he likes it lol

sweet, the hunt begins then, thanks a ton for your suggestions I will try and keep the thread updated as much as possible

Hmm I will definitely do both of those, where can I get a temp gun? I know the petsmart by my house has thermometers and such so they should have humidity gauges, I also know they can be quite pricey -_____-

Oh I know and take no offense, I just havent gotten one yet =/ I feed him twice a day, a little bit after his morning soak and a little more when I get home from school, and I use a 100w Powersun MVB, I havent given him any calcium supplement though since he's been getting a lot of natural...

Unfortunately I dont have a means to measure either of those =/ I try and get him out there for 1-2 hrs, 2-3 times a week

Alright everyone, I was hoping I wouldnt have to do this, but alas.... So Im concerned about the baby, He seems to have slowed down, when I first brought him home he was a lot more active than he is now, and Im pretty sure he's not eating as much, i keep him humid and hot, he gets 30 min...

gorgeous! i love the carapace!

Here's some more pics!

Im definitely going to try and go hopefully I have one of those days off, and of course its the weekend before my previously planned little vacation to San Diego lol

That's how I was originally, and then I agreed to babysit spikethebest's Russian while he's away at flight school, and then after lurking the leopard forums got the bug! >:P

RE: G.p.pardalis and G.p.babcocki You'll have to show him off. I have a thread in the leopard forum, I would hyperlink it but I'm on my mobile

I got him from this reptile shop by my house in rancho cucamonga, so cal, called reptile island, they have stores in yorba linda and stanton if that helps ring a bell, also the owners name is chris. He and I got to talkin' and he said he was and the rancho store were "tort people". He also said...

RE: G.p.pardalis and G.p.babcocki Hmmm. I do believe I have a very blond pardalis pardalis :D

I will definitely keep that in mind, thanks. I do try and keep a little bit of in the shade too, for that and so he can escape the heat

oh yeah, they live in separate enclosures, I just did that for the picture, I was inspired by another users signature picture :P cant remember whose though. And leo is too small to roam the backyard free, I just take his tank out there so he can still get some natural light, the tank also has a...