Hi everyone I have been reading your forum looking for tips on how best to look after this poor lost leopard tortoise and it has been really useful, so thanks.
She was found in a field in Wales UK, by a friend about 5 weeks ago and all atempts to find her owner have failed. I have been looking after her for the last 3 weeks and bought her a basking lamp, an enclosure so she could graze outside on some turf I laid for her. She has also been checked at the vets. She is quite healthy at he moment it seems but there is pyramiding on her shell which the vet says was down to a poor diet when younger (she is now about 10 inches long and weighs almost 2 kg)- he thinks she may have been dumped as leopards are harder than other types to look after. She also has a foot missing but this is an old injury which has healed and she walks very well on it. My dilema is that although I was only looking after her until finding a new home, I have become quite attached to this little character and would love to keep her but I am worried that I can't provide the correct environment long term. I couldn't leave her outside with heating when I go back to work after my holidays as my garden isn't secure, but I have read that some of you keep them indoors, so how do you manage this arrangement on a full time basis? All advice welcome. Thanks
She was found in a field in Wales UK, by a friend about 5 weeks ago and all atempts to find her owner have failed. I have been looking after her for the last 3 weeks and bought her a basking lamp, an enclosure so she could graze outside on some turf I laid for her. She has also been checked at the vets. She is quite healthy at he moment it seems but there is pyramiding on her shell which the vet says was down to a poor diet when younger (she is now about 10 inches long and weighs almost 2 kg)- he thinks she may have been dumped as leopards are harder than other types to look after. She also has a foot missing but this is an old injury which has healed and she walks very well on it. My dilema is that although I was only looking after her until finding a new home, I have become quite attached to this little character and would love to keep her but I am worried that I can't provide the correct environment long term. I couldn't leave her outside with heating when I go back to work after my holidays as my garden isn't secure, but I have read that some of you keep them indoors, so how do you manage this arrangement on a full time basis? All advice welcome. Thanks
