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[David Harmon]

Hello People,

Ive attached a picture of the underside of my leopard tortoise, is this normal the curve?

David.

 

[Jodie]

Do you mean the concave plastron? It is normal, and a sign he's a boy.

 

[David Harmon]

Hello Jodie yes meant the plastron is that ok? So when they concave there male? What's the sign for female then?
And thanks in advance for the information.

 

[Jodie]

Females have a flat plastron. There are other, better ways to determine for sure. Post some tail pics n we'll see if sex can be determined.

 

[David Harmon]

There you go there two leopards in different enclosures

 

[Neal]

Tough cases.

I see two females.

Slight concavity is seen in females, but the tail is typically the first indicator. If either of yours were males, I would expect to see a much larger tail at their size.

 

[David Harmon]

Ok then the next question will these be ok in a garden together when older? As they separated in there enclosures but In summer time they will be outdoors so would this be ok?

 

[Jodie]

Neal is much better at this than me. Tails can grow and surprise you late though. I love the dark lines she has.

 

[David Harmon]

One is a lighter colour but there both good tortoises, plus they have a good appetite and love mazuri which I give them twice a week. They have started to eat grassland tortoise food as well. It's a little difficult with the right foods in uk as don't want to feed them poor foods from the supermarket. Plus I was meant to add there only 10 month old nearly 11 month