Much Marbling

[reptylefreek]

4/28/2010 About a month after i received her

9/24/2010 Today

She was born roughly 6 months ago. She has quite a bit of marbling for her age. I have noticed some pyrimiding, i do try to keep her humidity relatively high without risking respatory problems. And she gets calcium everyday.

 

[Kemperly_Williams]

she is so super cute! I wish I could help but I am such a newbie, I squeak when you rub against me! I just bought my first tortie yesterday. A young redfoot. And I just noticed she has lil white long specks of bugs on her. Do you know what those are and how to treat them ?

 

[reptylefreek]

she is so super cute! I wish I could help but I am such a newbie, I squeak when you rub against me! I just bought my first tortie yesterday. A young redfoot. And I just noticed she has lil white long specks of bugs on her. Do you know what those are and how to treat them ?

I dont have much experience with parasites, but the first thing i would do is change the substrate and give her a good soaking to get the bugs off her. Bugs aren't USUALLY harmful to torts, but if its mites they can bite pretty bad. Also what kind of plants are in your enclosure. Post this info with your problem in the redfoot area. There are some real pro's in there and they will get you fixed up properly.

 

[Kemperly_Williams]

The tank substrate was cleaned before she was put in and there aren't any real plants in it except for her food which was washed. The previous animal in the tank was also completely clean from parasites, bugs and everything else.

 

[reptylefreek]

The substrate can sometimes carry parasites or just harmless bugs. I've had flies, crawly bugs and little tiny flies hatch from my substate. And ive had it happen with coconut coir, and soil(organic and non organic). Thats why i would start with the substrate. But if it's mites then they are gonna be hard to get rid of. I dont think mites are white though, usually red or black.

 

[Cherbear]

Wow, I can't believe how fast he's grown. What's his shell length? I bought one last weekend and he's about 2 inches long. Although he has marbling in him already. I think the marbling is very pretty on yours.

 

[Tom]

Very cool. I love these "time lapse" threads. So much fun to watch them grow.

 

[GotTurtles]

Looking good. Your leopard is growing with some nice color.

 

[reptylefreek]

That is one reason i got a leopard, i have an adult leopard and i always wondered what she looked like before all those spots. I'm trying to take a picture every month so i can see the transformation

 

[Traveller]

Very beautiful leopard. Just love the marbling also.