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Hey Everyone,
We're new here! and well I've already used this forum for alot of helpful tips. We just got a baby Leopard Tortoise( 3 months) from a breeder here in Canada. He is set up in a well vented terrarium with both a UVA and UVB light. His basking area is between 95-105 degrees from 8am to 10pm. My question is that he tends to be sleeping ALOT, but is eating normally, I have read this is normal but want to make sure. He also does something with his throat much like a frog(mouth closed, not gasping for air, and its not all the time). Again I assume all this is normal, we feed him Kale greens for now, and gave him a small amount of pumpkin yesterday as it is Halloween. We also are soaking him daily. The only concern we really have is the night time temperature. Our house and sits at 70 all the time as does the terrarium over night. Is this too cold? Should he have a little heat at night? I have a night time heat bulb if needed but from what Ive researched it is not needed.
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We're new here! and well I've already used this forum for alot of helpful tips. We just got a baby Leopard Tortoise( 3 months) from a breeder here in Canada. He is set up in a well vented terrarium with both a UVA and UVB light. His basking area is between 95-105 degrees from 8am to 10pm. My question is that he tends to be sleeping ALOT, but is eating normally, I have read this is normal but want to make sure. He also does something with his throat much like a frog(mouth closed, not gasping for air, and its not all the time). Again I assume all this is normal, we feed him Kale greens for now, and gave him a small amount of pumpkin yesterday as it is Halloween. We also are soaking him daily. The only concern we really have is the night time temperature. Our house and sits at 70 all the time as does the terrarium over night. Is this too cold? Should he have a little heat at night? I have a night time heat bulb if needed but from what Ive researched it is not needed.
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