TortoiseNup
New Member
Hi,
I'm a new tortoise owner, and so far I've had this Leopard Tortoise for about 6 months.
When I got it, it was around 2 years old already, but I don't know it's birthday. It's also a female.
It was bought by a zookeeper, who has a lot of reptiles, who bought it of a farmer or whatever in Germany, and that's what I know.
The zookeeper told my parents (who bought it), that the tortoise should eat "agrobs testudo".
He also told them that when it's summer, you can mix up its diet, so it can eat some greens, like goutweed.
He also told that it should never get close to water since it'll get sick then.
He told them about pyramiding and told that if we just throw some calcium bones in there, it should be fine.
The last thing he told us is that it should NEVER get near something moist or humid, since it will get sick too, so keeping it all dry is the way to do it.
Now, I have some pictures, and well you can look at those if you want, but read me out first.
The first one is pretty obvious, it's the enclosure. I'm planning to make a new one, which is gonna be bigger and better, but I need to know exactly what I need. It's an indoor enclosure since the weather here in Denmark is pretty shitty sometimes. I've seen a lot of people say that humid is the key to prevent pyramiding. But again, that's the opposite I was told, but I just want to get the right thing to know. That's why I'm asking you guys/girls.
Other suggestions are VERY welcome.
The next thing is soaking. I again got told that water will make it sick unless it drinks it. But I've seen a lot of people talk about soaking. Therefore, my question is, should I soak a Leopard, and if so, for how long, what warmth of the water, and how much?
Next thing is: Diet. Since it's been really warm lately, I've let it outside, and of course watched it carefully. It really loves grass, and goutweed, so I'm wondering what to actually feed it, because it doesn't really seem to be eating the "agrobs testudo" (I don't know what it's called). Is there something much much better that it can eat? Because well lately I've been noticing that the scutes raised a little (atleast I think that). The darker picture below is from when I got it, and the brighter one from the side is one I just took. To me atleast, it looks like the scutes have raised, and I'm panicing like crazy! What am I supossed to do..?
Again, help is VERY welcome.
And a little question. What about the lights? I've been told to shut them off at night, and I currently do, but I don't know if it's too cold. My room tempeture is always around 20 degrees celsius, so I think that's fine? I don't know.
Anyways, if you could help please do, and yes, I know it would just be better to sell it, since I am an extermly irresponsible owner, but I really love it, and I really want to care for it, and I feel like I can do it, but I just need my info straight first.
I'll also update you all if I get any responses, and yeah...
That's it.
I'm a new tortoise owner, and so far I've had this Leopard Tortoise for about 6 months.
When I got it, it was around 2 years old already, but I don't know it's birthday. It's also a female.
It was bought by a zookeeper, who has a lot of reptiles, who bought it of a farmer or whatever in Germany, and that's what I know.
The zookeeper told my parents (who bought it), that the tortoise should eat "agrobs testudo".
He also told them that when it's summer, you can mix up its diet, so it can eat some greens, like goutweed.
He also told that it should never get close to water since it'll get sick then.
He told them about pyramiding and told that if we just throw some calcium bones in there, it should be fine.
The last thing he told us is that it should NEVER get near something moist or humid, since it will get sick too, so keeping it all dry is the way to do it.
Now, I have some pictures, and well you can look at those if you want, but read me out first.
The first one is pretty obvious, it's the enclosure. I'm planning to make a new one, which is gonna be bigger and better, but I need to know exactly what I need. It's an indoor enclosure since the weather here in Denmark is pretty shitty sometimes. I've seen a lot of people say that humid is the key to prevent pyramiding. But again, that's the opposite I was told, but I just want to get the right thing to know. That's why I'm asking you guys/girls.
Other suggestions are VERY welcome.
The next thing is soaking. I again got told that water will make it sick unless it drinks it. But I've seen a lot of people talk about soaking. Therefore, my question is, should I soak a Leopard, and if so, for how long, what warmth of the water, and how much?
Next thing is: Diet. Since it's been really warm lately, I've let it outside, and of course watched it carefully. It really loves grass, and goutweed, so I'm wondering what to actually feed it, because it doesn't really seem to be eating the "agrobs testudo" (I don't know what it's called). Is there something much much better that it can eat? Because well lately I've been noticing that the scutes raised a little (atleast I think that). The darker picture below is from when I got it, and the brighter one from the side is one I just took. To me atleast, it looks like the scutes have raised, and I'm panicing like crazy! What am I supossed to do..?
Again, help is VERY welcome.
And a little question. What about the lights? I've been told to shut them off at night, and I currently do, but I don't know if it's too cold. My room tempeture is always around 20 degrees celsius, so I think that's fine? I don't know.
Anyways, if you could help please do, and yes, I know it would just be better to sell it, since I am an extermly irresponsible owner, but I really love it, and I really want to care for it, and I feel like I can do it, but I just need my info straight first.
I'll also update you all if I get any responses, and yeah...
That's it.
