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- May 10, 2012
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My girlfriend and I have come across this forum many times before so I finally decided to join. We bought a baby sulcata online, he's a little smaller than law permits but the website never specified how big he was. He never really ate much and hid from us for a week and a half before we noticed him eat anything. Figured it was just a shock in change of environment. We decided to purchase another tortoise to try to entice him into eating. We bought a baby leopard, ended up being slightly smaller than the sulcata, again, the website never mentioned size and it's impossible to buy tortoises in Delaware. Anyways, the leopard is thriving, he runs around, eats a ton, and sleeps just fine. Neither of them like to poop during their soak. We keep their basking area around 80F, sprinkle calcium powder on the food once in a while, plenty of places to hide and get shade, and I've made a moisture box (Rubbermaid container with the side cut away, flipped upside down, with wet sponges glued to the "ceiling") for them to go in to when they need humidity. The only thing we haven't done is regulate water temperature accurately, which we plan to start doing this weekend. The sulcata doesn't seem to have breathing issues, no weird sounds, no nasal discharge, but he still barely eats and we've had him about two months. He's no longer shy, and doesn't mind us touching him and picking him up. Any feces we find laying around seems firm. Is this normal? Shouldn't he eat as much or more than the smaller leopard? Any help is appreciated.