#leopardtortoise

Recently bought a leopard tortoise from a reptile show. He has dark eyes. He sleeps about 20 hours out of the day. I soak him 20 minutes a day and keep him outside 14 hours and inside 10 hours at night to avoid predation . I live in Texas for context . He eats grass , spring mix , succulent ...

Hello I bought my first tortoise at reptile show today any tips please and thank you !❤️❤️

I own a baby leopard tortoise and I have a few questions. I want her to be healthy and happy. I’ve had her since 23rd Feb 2024. She currently only has 2 hides however I’m looking to add some more bendy wood in to make little walls around to encourage her to explore and forage as I’ve read that...

Both were rescued from squatter camps and are now living a life of luxury ^~^

Phoenix demolishing her plate.

Scooter taking a big bite of his lunch.

Our smaller brown male, Scooter and our bigger more colourful female, Phoenix. Both rescued from squatter camps and living a life of luxury now ^~^

I'm thinking of seperating my two leopard torts and I have the space, we have a massive garden that's divided into two by a gate but there's a swimming pool on the other side. Is there a way to make the swimming pool safe so that I can put my one tort that side? I could only think of fencing...

First I apologize this is long but I waited and researched to the best of my ability before I jumped on here. I just don't know what to do here. Species: Leopard Tortoise Age: Got him March 2021: Weight 1.1 oz, 2" shell Todays Weight as of Sept 27 2023 8 lbs 5 oz. Shell: Length: head to...

I'm working on creating a larger enclosure for my baby leopard tortoise Zarha and was wondering where I can get the plants for her new enclosure, that is preferably not in seed form, for example spider plants and air plants.

At the current moment till Christmas my baby leopard is in a 10 gal old fish tank I know that alone isn't good for her to be in so as soon as Christmas comes she'll be getting an upgrade however right now Zarha's humidy keeps dropping pretty quickly and we have just been constantly spraying the...

I dont want my baby leopard getting bored and she is quiet picky only liking zucchini and romaine lettuce I was thinking of making some sort of treat toy that has vitamin pellets and another tortoise safe vitamin full vegetable in it but im not sure how to do so since she is in a 10 gal tank til...

Hi all! I have a 5 year old leopard tortoise that I am quite confused with the gender of. Here are some pics. Any help is greatly appreciated!

I'm trying to encourage lots of grass and weeds for my baby leopard to eat so it gets used to eating those things at an early age. I usually feed it wheat grass (bought from a grocery store and continuing to grow) along with other foods. Sometimes I'll put grass from my backyard instead with...