Hello,
I bought a 7 month Leopard tortoise (age stated by seller, no documents to certify) on 1 June, 2020.
It’s been more than a month now and my tortoise doesn’t seem to be getting weight. I weighed it on 16.06 and it was 45 g. Today it’s still 44-45 g.
I’m completely new in this matter and I’m constantly trying to gather info and updates to make sure I’m taking proper care of this wonderful creature.
I keep it in a relatively open enclosure (pictures attached) with temperatures 31-32 C up to 33 C in the basking area and around 27 C in the far corners. I’m feeding always fresh grass and weeds (dandelions, rukola, timothy grass etc.) and since recently I starting offering a Tortoise diet (Komodo brand) in order to help gain all nutrients but the tortoise is not keen on eating the Tortoise diet. I was soking it every other day but a week ago started soaking it once or twice a day to make sure it doesn’t dehydrate because I’m not sure it drinks water from the water bowl. It’s sleeping most of the time. I’m most often waking it up to soak and to eat. Eating and activity continues for a while and then it returns to sleep in the corner.
Please advise accordingly.
Thank you very much.
BR
I bought a 7 month Leopard tortoise (age stated by seller, no documents to certify) on 1 June, 2020.
It’s been more than a month now and my tortoise doesn’t seem to be getting weight. I weighed it on 16.06 and it was 45 g. Today it’s still 44-45 g.
I’m completely new in this matter and I’m constantly trying to gather info and updates to make sure I’m taking proper care of this wonderful creature.
I keep it in a relatively open enclosure (pictures attached) with temperatures 31-32 C up to 33 C in the basking area and around 27 C in the far corners. I’m feeding always fresh grass and weeds (dandelions, rukola, timothy grass etc.) and since recently I starting offering a Tortoise diet (Komodo brand) in order to help gain all nutrients but the tortoise is not keen on eating the Tortoise diet. I was soking it every other day but a week ago started soaking it once or twice a day to make sure it doesn’t dehydrate because I’m not sure it drinks water from the water bowl. It’s sleeping most of the time. I’m most often waking it up to soak and to eat. Eating and activity continues for a while and then it returns to sleep in the corner.
Please advise accordingly.
Thank you very much.
BR