so after a long time of searching craigslist and newspapers, ect, i have finally found a leopard tortoise to call my own! i did not want to buy a baby because they are harder to care for and also, i just wanted to save an unwanted one 
a man in the military no longer had the space for him, so he was shipped to my house friday!
i'm leaning toward it being a male, but i have some plastron shots so maybe you guys can figure it out for sure.
he weighs 6.5 oz and is 4 1/2' long the previous owner said he bought him from a reptile show in Fl on 4/4/11 and he was sold as a "hatchling", although the age they sell the babies at varies with every breeder i guess. so i'd say he's in the 2 year range.
he woke up today, had a nice soak, and i fed him some dandelions and mazuri with orchard grass hay mixed inhe didn't eat the muzuri, but his previous owner said he loved timothy hay (odd, i thought babies didn't like it) but he ate all the greens i gave him goes in his hide at night, soaks in his water dish when he wants and i got him a cuttle bone!
i just want to do right by him tell me what you think.
a man in the military no longer had the space for him, so he was shipped to my house friday!i'm leaning toward it being a male, but i have some plastron shots so maybe you guys can figure it out for sure.
he weighs 6.5 oz and is 4 1/2' long
the previous owner said he bought him from a reptile show in Fl on 4/4/11 and he was sold as a "hatchling", although the age they sell the babies at varies with every breeder i guess. so i'd say he's in the 2 year range.he woke up today, had a nice soak, and i fed him some dandelions and mazuri with orchard grass hay mixed in
he didn't eat the muzuri, but his previous owner said he loved timothy hay (odd, i thought babies didn't like it) but he ate all the greens i gave him goes in his hide at night, soaks in his water dish when he wants and i got him a cuttle bone!i just want to do right by him
tell me what you think.
