fangurley
New Member
Hello!
I got my first reptile/tortoise last November at a reptile expo. I bought a leopard tortoise and when I got them the seller said they were 7 weeks old. I think they were about 46g when I got them. Right now they are 65g (about 7 months old) and I've seen posts online before saying gaining 2-4g a month is fine and good but I also see posts saying they should be 300g at a year and I have no idea if they are okay at this weight or not.
Everything seems fine, they have a routine and get up at 7am wonder a little, eat by 8am. By 10am they're back in their log sleeping and they come back out between 1-3pm. I started them out soaking 2 times a week for 20 minutes but recently switched to every other day for 10 minutes so they eat more often in the afternoon around 5pm.
They eat a rotation of greens from the store, cat grasses, weeds/flowers when I can get them, and zoo med pellets. Mostly the greens though and I just recently added the pellets. I put repti calcium on the greens every 3 days so roughly twice a week. They have their UVA,UVB, heating and humidity.
Let me know if something seems wrong!
I got my first reptile/tortoise last November at a reptile expo. I bought a leopard tortoise and when I got them the seller said they were 7 weeks old. I think they were about 46g when I got them. Right now they are 65g (about 7 months old) and I've seen posts online before saying gaining 2-4g a month is fine and good but I also see posts saying they should be 300g at a year and I have no idea if they are okay at this weight or not.
Everything seems fine, they have a routine and get up at 7am wonder a little, eat by 8am. By 10am they're back in their log sleeping and they come back out between 1-3pm. I started them out soaking 2 times a week for 20 minutes but recently switched to every other day for 10 minutes so they eat more often in the afternoon around 5pm.
They eat a rotation of greens from the store, cat grasses, weeds/flowers when I can get them, and zoo med pellets. Mostly the greens though and I just recently added the pellets. I put repti calcium on the greens every 3 days so roughly twice a week. They have their UVA,UVB, heating and humidity.
Let me know if something seems wrong!