Meet Ellie 🐢❤

[RubyRobyn]

Hi,

Meet Ellie, 1 year old Leopard tortoise. Ellie has the cutest personality and is very determined. Ellie loves hotwater bottles, sunshine, lettuce and spinach but despises apples and strawberries.

Ellie has (supervised) visits with her feline siblings who are fascinated with her and just want to be where Ellie is.

Ellie loves to stretch her legs out fall asleep in the strangest of places.

She is our first pet tortoise and would love some tips on keeping her happy and healthy

 

[TaraMaiden]

I hate to say it, but at this age, you really can't accurately tell the gender, but Ellie might be an Ellis!
Ideally, they should consume a high fibre diet of hay, dark lettuces, and greens such as collards, kale, and turnip, mustard, and dandelion greens, along with various vegetables, including squash, corn, peppers, carrots, prickly pear cactus, and sweet potatoes.
Give added calcium for shell development, in the form of a light sprinkling of calcium powder, or calcium block (cuttlefish is also an idea). Bathe daily, and provide water to drink...

 

[Maro2Bear]

Cute, but i would keep your cat away.

Look through here…https://www.tortoiseforum.org/threa...se-a-sulcata-leopard-or-star-tortoise.181503/

 

[RubyRobyn]

I hate to say it, but at this age, you really can't accurately tell the gender, but Ellie might be an Ellis!
Ideally, they should consume a high fibre diet of hay, dark lettuces, and greens such as collards, kale, and turnip, mustard, and dandelion greens, along with various vegetables, including squash, corn, peppers, carrots, prickly pear cactus, and sweet potatoes.
Give added calcium for shell development, in the form of a light sprinkling of calcium powder, or calcium block (cuttlefish is also an idea). Bathe daily, and provide water to drink...

Thank you so much for the advice.

 

[RubyRobyn]

Cute, but i would keep your cat away.

Look through here…https://www.tortoiseforum.org/threa...se-a-sulcata-leopard-or-star-tortoise.181503/

Thank you so much, will read through this.

I have very timid cats and visits are always supervised, they kind of just ignore each other in general though.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Welcome to the forum

 

[Moonfleur54]

Hi,

Meet Ellie, 1 year old Leopard tortoise. Ellie has the cutest personality and is very determined. Ellie loves hotwater bottles, sunshine, lettuce and spinach but despises apples and strawberries.

Ellie has (supervised) visits with her feline siblings who are fascinated with her and just want to be where Ellie is.

Ellie loves to stretch her legs out fall asleep in the strangest of places.

She is our first pet tortoise and would love some tips on keeping her happy and healthy

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Welcome Ellie! Gorgeous photos! Best Wishes!

 

[Thomas tortoise]

Marchedes says Hi! 🤗

 

[jaizei]

Hi,

Meet Ellie, 1 year old Leopard tortoise. Ellie has the cutest personality and is very determined. Ellie loves hotwater bottles, sunshine, lettuce and spinach but despises apples and strawberries.

Ellie has (supervised) visits with her feline siblings who are fascinated with her and just want to be where Ellie is.

Ellie loves to stretch her legs out fall asleep in the strangest of places.

She is our first pet tortoise and would love some tips on keeping her happy and healthy

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These pictures are recent? Have you had Ellie for a year, or just gotten her as a "year old" tortoise?

 

[RubyRobyn]

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Marchedes says Hi! 🤗

What a cutie 😍

 

[RubyRobyn]

These pictures are recent? Have you had Ellie for a year, or just gotten her as a "year old" tortoise?

I have had her for 2 months. The people I got her from said she was a year old.

 

[RubyRobyn]

Welcome to the forum

Thank you 😊

 

[TammyJ]

Can we see her enclosure and can you tell us how she is kept, that is, the humidity level, temperature, substrate etc.? This is so we might have any useful suggestions for you as to any improvements needed.

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi, and welcome!