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Aw, Squirtle looks so cute sitting on that scale.
Looks like a happy healthy tort to me...
Looks good.
He's adorable! He's going to be such a handsome giant rock some day... 
Admittedly, I don't know squat about what weight a Leo should be at what age... But, hey, yours is already twice as big as mine at 1/3 the age, so I'm going to go ahead and guess he's doing pretty well... Lol!
Admittedly, I don't know squat about what weight a Leo should be at what age... But, hey, yours is already twice as big as mine at 1/3 the age, so I'm going to go ahead and guess he's doing pretty well... Lol!
I say he is doing just fine. Humphrey my leopard (Babcocki) is exactly the same age and he weighs 85 grams.
Squirtle has quite a bit more white growth lines than Humphrey.
Squirtle has quite a bit more white growth lines than Humphrey.
As long as he is gaining it is all good. He is a cutie!
He is adorable!!!! Don't you just love leopards...
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Glad to hear it. I was concerned because he doesn't eat that much. His appetite is fine as I let him graze outside a couple days a week. The problem is that he singles out the clovers, so to give him a more balanced diet I offer him zoo med grassland in his enclosure. Unfortunately he only takes a few bites of that a day. So he has a strange eating pattern; he eats the zoo med not to starve for a couple of days but shovels in clovers and a few weeds every third day or so.
Even being a noob, this doesn't seem like an incredibly healthy eating pattern. Any thoughts???
Even being a noob, this doesn't seem like an incredibly healthy eating pattern. Any thoughts???
My Aldabran pen is 99% clover with just a bit of grass and other weeds in there. All of their lives, they've just grazed the pen. Now at 11 years of age, they are both calcium deficient, and I'm having to hand feed them bites with calcium pills in them. Its much, much easier to keep a tortoise healthy all his life than it is to try to get him back to health once there's a problem.
Try to find something he likes as well as the clover. Maybe you can try Spring Mix?
Try to find something he likes as well as the clover. Maybe you can try Spring Mix?
He looks fine...im not sure on weight (i dont know about leopards) .
Your only amateur if you believe you are....
You are learning...that does not meen your not good at it..or an amateur!
Your only amateur if you believe you are....
You are learning...that does not meen your not good at it..or an amateur!
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Thanks Emys, that's exactly what I'm trying to avoid. I have given him spring mix, but he tends to still hold out for grazing. He's a stubborn little rock. Should I practice some 'tough love' and not let him graze for a while?
Gmoney said:
No, its good that he'll graze. Just try to find something else he likes...something that you can add calcium to.
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emysemys said:
He goes to town on his cuttlebone daily. And the D3 supplement I put on his zoo med has calcium. I guess I'm worried about the debatable topic of whether the oxalic acid in the clovers interferes with calcium absorption.
By zoomed do you meen ''Zoomed Grassland food?''
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tyler0912 said:
Yep
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He's a big boy! My 1 year old Lep is 56g. But I'm not surprised, clover is in the legume family, and is richer in protein than other grasses and weeds. Plus, the zoo med food is a protein source. My boy loves clover too, and would scoff at the grass if it was around past the spring time.
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