CeeTee
New Member
Hi there,
We took in a leopard tortoise recently and have had her about a month. She is in a large tortoise table inside currently as im in the UK and its winter here now, with a lamp and heat mat and she also comes out for a bit of exercise etc during the day (supervised). She is roughly 6 years old.
Her stools are quite loose and have been since we had her, we thought this may be due to a change in diet as we're not sure her previous owners were giving her much variety. We are feeding her a variety of greens like spring green, kale, cabbage, parsley, basil along with tomatoes, cucumber and carrot occasionally. I use calcium powder every other day and she has hay/grass in her enclosure at all times but her stools haven't firmed up as yet and was wondering if this is normal?
The other thing is that at times the last few days she hasn't moved much in her enclosure, choosing instead to spend most of her time under her lamp and seeming quite sleepy. She is eating well still.
I have her booked in next week for a checkup at a local vets but hoping for some insight as to normal behaviour this time of year?
Thank so much if you've read this far!
We took in a leopard tortoise recently and have had her about a month. She is in a large tortoise table inside currently as im in the UK and its winter here now, with a lamp and heat mat and she also comes out for a bit of exercise etc during the day (supervised). She is roughly 6 years old.
Her stools are quite loose and have been since we had her, we thought this may be due to a change in diet as we're not sure her previous owners were giving her much variety. We are feeding her a variety of greens like spring green, kale, cabbage, parsley, basil along with tomatoes, cucumber and carrot occasionally. I use calcium powder every other day and she has hay/grass in her enclosure at all times but her stools haven't firmed up as yet and was wondering if this is normal?
The other thing is that at times the last few days she hasn't moved much in her enclosure, choosing instead to spend most of her time under her lamp and seeming quite sleepy. She is eating well still.
I have her booked in next week for a checkup at a local vets but hoping for some insight as to normal behaviour this time of year?
Thank so much if you've read this far!