My records show that Leonard hatched on July 5, 2018, however, I have pictures of him labeled 5/17/18, so my record-keeping skills have shown their true colors. Leonard hatched out of a clutch that started incubating in March. He was an early hatch, and the rest of the clutch didn't hatch for another three weeks or so. I decided to keep him because he has aberrant scutes. So, here's Leonard, 5/17/18, 6/19/18, 7/11/18 and finally today, 10/24/18:
I was going to take a better picture for today's shot, however, my camera has a low battery and won't 'flash.' I'll take a better one and add it here tomorrow. Leonard had started to show pyramiding. He was being kept in a plastic tub with sheet plastic draped over the top. . . a sort of closed chamber that wasn't working out so well for him. But then Will came to the rescue and brought me a Vision Cage, where Leonard now lives. The pyramiding is very minimal, and will probably be totally gone by the time he's an adult tortoise. He is also very highly domed. He's turning out to be a very nice-looking tortoise. In the last picture Leonard is about 5 months old as opposed to the two hatchling sulcatas that are only a week old. I hope he's going to be a big, beautiful, high domed leopard!
I was going to take a better picture for today's shot, however, my camera has a low battery and won't 'flash.' I'll take a better one and add it here tomorrow. Leonard had started to show pyramiding. He was being kept in a plastic tub with sheet plastic draped over the top. . . a sort of closed chamber that wasn't working out so well for him. But then Will came to the rescue and brought me a Vision Cage, where Leonard now lives. The pyramiding is very minimal, and will probably be totally gone by the time he's an adult tortoise. He is also very highly domed. He's turning out to be a very nice-looking tortoise. In the last picture Leonard is about 5 months old as opposed to the two hatchling sulcatas that are only a week old. I hope he's going to be a big, beautiful, high domed leopard!