Hi if this hatchling is as young as you think then I dont see nutrition being an issue. He should still be running on yolk. I suspect it may be lighting. I assume you are keeping him indoors with artificial lighting what provision have you made for UV. I keep my hatchling under 12 hours of good...
Hi I have kept and bred Testudo graeca graeca and also Testudo hermanni boettgeri for many years and and since I like to keep some back to raise for my own interest and develop my husbandry skills. Early on I found that These hatchlings in particular were better off if kept separate right from...
haha they have already Yvonne.this is partly why i restrict them in bad weather as its such a pain trying to find them and then dragging them out from the pampas.in the summer im always getting sliced by the stuff .
terry[hr]
yes no brain leopards lol.my big...
it depends how old this hatchling is they are very careful to eat familiar food in preference to anything strange or strong smelling.when they first hatch they tend to bite at food on the floor ignoring whats at eye level.sorry dont know arugala.
terry
thanks again for looking and the kind comments.the shed is over 10 years old now so looks a little battered .but is still doing its job.definately money well spent.
terry
hi thanks for looking Missy and of course Yvonne,i do agree about the leopards.when mine are restricted in bad weather they come and go during the day just as i planned.during the summer they rarely return to the shed even though i leave a bribe in there late afternoon.a tray of weeds with half...
hi its absolutely pouring down outside, so i dont want the leopards to go far into the main enclosure. because they just get cold and i have to search for them to get them back in the shed.i have restricted them to the concrete basking area for now, so they can go in and out the shed as they...
some do take longer than others before the marbling shows through.this is the darkest ive seen so far http://www.tortoise-island.com/better-pics-2-t336.html i bet it will still be an attractive dark colour as an adult even with some marbling.
terry
hi im not in England but i do live in the channel islands.i keep and breed leopard tortoises .i currently have several hatchlings here.they are fed a mix of fibrous weeds and finely chopped grasses.it does take time to get them eating grasses when they are to small to go out over winter,but it...
hi Tom i incubate my leopard eggs at 88f they are pardalis babcocki.i pre soak the vermiculite then squeeze out as much as i can but the vermiculite is still moist and stcks together .then i bury the eggs in the vermiculite .after about a month you can clear a little vermiculite away from the...
hi yes i did have hatchlings from the smaller eggs.i think these smaller eggs are just their first clutches i have had young homebred hermans tortoises whose first clutches are smaller different shaped eggs similar to tic tacs and these have hatched.the following year the eggs are normal so...
hi i have been breeding for a little over 20 years now and the first tim ei ever saw these lines was when i attempted to give some of my first hatchlings access to uvb.i had no computer then and living on a small island all i had for reference really was the local library.i didnt think i could...