Getting ready for a leopard tortoise

[Krystal8808]

I am getting a leopard tortoise soon and want to be prepared. I live in South Carolina and the tortoise is 6 months old. What kind of indoor enclosure and what kind of lights? Where do I buy food? Any help please.

 

[KarenSoCal]

In your first post someone linked the care sheet for you. Here it is again.

The Best Way To Raise A Sulcata, Leopard, Or Star Tortoise

I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. Babies hatch during the...

tortoiseforum.org

You will need a closed chamber for him to live in. Here's a post about them.

Hi! New here

Hey! I am looking for the "frequently asked questions" and do not see it. Can someone guide me? Thanks

www.tortoiseforum.org

 

[Krystal8808]

In your first post someone linked the care sheet for you. Here it is again.

The Best Way To Raise A Sulcata, Leopard, Or Star Tortoise

I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. Babies hatch during the...

tortoiseforum.org

You will need a closed chamber for him to live in. Here's a post about them.

Hi! New here

Hey! I am looking for the "frequently asked questions" and do not see it. Can someone guide me? Thanks

www.tortoiseforum.org

so I can not make a tank so can I buy a 40 gallon fish tank?

 

[Tom]

so I can not make a tank so can I buy a 40 gallon fish tank?

No. That is much too small for a six month old leopard, and you won't be able to maintain good growing conditions in something with an open top. All your heat and humidity will escape right up and out the top.

 

[Krystal8808]

No. That is much too small for a six month old leopard, and you won't be able to maintain good growing conditions in something with an open top. All your heat and humidity will escape right up and out the top.

Is there something that I can buy that would be the best?

 

[KarenSoCal]

Is there something that I can buy that would be the best?

Have you looked at the link I gave you in post # 2? It shows you different ways to do a closed chamber.

 

[Krystal8808]

Have you looked at the link I gave you in post # 2? It shows you different ways to do a closed chamber.

I did but I do not know where to begin making something like that. I was hoping to buy something.

 

[Golden Greek Tortoise 567]

I did but I do not know where to begin making something like that. I was hoping to buy something.

Grow tents would work, just search it up on amazon and find the biggest one.

 

[Tom]

Is there something that I can buy that would be the best?

Contact @Markw84 here on the forum. He makes perfect, ready-to-go tortoise enclosures.