MarieWhite77
New Member
Hi,
I have been reading through posts and your wonderful care sheets.
I have re-homed 2 Leopard juveniles. They should be around 18-19 months old now.
Harris is bigger, weighs some 430 g now. He had 400 when I got him 3 weeks ago.
He is eating and active, but I can see pyramiding.
Lilly is tiny! She is the same age, but only 200 g! And she more or less stayed the same weight the last 3 weeks (199 g and now 206 g).
She eat, but not as much, less active.
I saw pictures here of torts with lots of new growth visible between the scutes. Harris and Lilly have none so far!
They were kept in an open top enclosure etc.
I keep their enclosure covered. Day temperature 36C and night time 28C. Day humidity I struggle to get over 50-60%, even though I spray and mist many times a day. Night humidity with ceramic heater goes up to 85%.
I give them a bath every day or every other day. I used to bath only for 10 minutes or so, now I increased to half an hour. Temperature stays 33-35C.
They get fresh grass and weeds several times a day. Soaked mazuri every other day or so, 2-3 pellets each, with calci dust.
Now I got the Zoo-med grassland pellets too to alternate with the mazuri.
We are building a new indoor enclosure 3x6 feet with better UVB light (Arcadia proT5 12%) and we will tinker with UVA flood lights (Arcadia too) to get to the right temperature.
Anything else you can think of I should change or do?
They both seem happy enough. But I don’t want them to just survive! I want them to be happy and thriving!
We have an outdoor enclosure too, but the weather has not been great here in Scotland. Also I thought better to let them settle before moving them around again. They seem stressed when I take them out (poop a lot).
Thanks in advance for any ideas and advice.
Take care
Marie
I have been reading through posts and your wonderful care sheets.
I have re-homed 2 Leopard juveniles. They should be around 18-19 months old now.
Harris is bigger, weighs some 430 g now. He had 400 when I got him 3 weeks ago.
He is eating and active, but I can see pyramiding.
Lilly is tiny! She is the same age, but only 200 g! And she more or less stayed the same weight the last 3 weeks (199 g and now 206 g).
She eat, but not as much, less active.
I saw pictures here of torts with lots of new growth visible between the scutes. Harris and Lilly have none so far!
They were kept in an open top enclosure etc.
I keep their enclosure covered. Day temperature 36C and night time 28C. Day humidity I struggle to get over 50-60%, even though I spray and mist many times a day. Night humidity with ceramic heater goes up to 85%.
I give them a bath every day or every other day. I used to bath only for 10 minutes or so, now I increased to half an hour. Temperature stays 33-35C.
They get fresh grass and weeds several times a day. Soaked mazuri every other day or so, 2-3 pellets each, with calci dust.
Now I got the Zoo-med grassland pellets too to alternate with the mazuri.
We are building a new indoor enclosure 3x6 feet with better UVB light (Arcadia proT5 12%) and we will tinker with UVA flood lights (Arcadia too) to get to the right temperature.
Anything else you can think of I should change or do?
They both seem happy enough. But I don’t want them to just survive! I want them to be happy and thriving!
We have an outdoor enclosure too, but the weather has not been great here in Scotland. Also I thought better to let them settle before moving them around again. They seem stressed when I take them out (poop a lot).
Thanks in advance for any ideas and advice.
Take care
Marie