Looking for leopard, few questions

NSH

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What should i look when looking for hatchling leopard tortoise? Here in europe are regulary available babcocki but as i have seen they vary very much in appearance, some are really sulcata like looking. As we already have 6y old sulcata we would like to have leopard too. They wont be housed together and we have extreamly large property so another big enclosure wont be a problem. Thanks
 

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Look for how they were raised. Hot and humid not dry with no or very little humidity. Look for clear eyes and no runny nose or eyes. The PP leopards usually get bigger and will have freckled skin and two spots in the scutes. The PB usually stay smaller and will have one spot in the scutes. Some times a scute won't have any spots with both type that's fine.
 

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Wellington thank you. Im trying to find hatchling, not over 5 months old. I was worried because of look as i really dont know what to look and want to buy a pure not a crossing. For health indicators i know and that wont be a problem.
 
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