LeiiMaa
New Member
Hi everyone.
I've posted on here a few times about the two Leopards I've rescued. Both have obviously been started dry due to their size and the faint pyrmiding on their shells. From what I got told about the pair, I cam estimate that one is 12 months, and the other 13. Tetley, the smaller of the two who's had the most problems (calcium deficiency, most pyrmiding) came to me at the beginning of December weighing 70 grams, she's now at the 75 gram mark. Tetley, the bigger of the two, came to me at 80 grams and is now 89 grams. Again at the beginning of December. I've followed Toms care sheets to the letter, their in a planted, enclosed chamber, soaked for 30 minutes a day, eating a diet of home grown weeds and plants and grasses. And a few dark salad mix leaves and both eat like they've never been fed! Both have been checked over and over by my good friend who is a reptile vet and has experience with Leopards before and so far, all is good!
I guess my question is, to those people who have had torts start off dry, what's their growth rate like? I've been watching @eholi and her little Lady October is growing at an unbelievable rate!! At 12 weeks she's already much bigger then my two. I obviously understand that she's been started off correctly, but once a tort is changed to the humid conditions, do they continue to grow slow? Or do they pick up some speed!?
I've posted on here a few times about the two Leopards I've rescued. Both have obviously been started dry due to their size and the faint pyrmiding on their shells. From what I got told about the pair, I cam estimate that one is 12 months, and the other 13. Tetley, the smaller of the two who's had the most problems (calcium deficiency, most pyrmiding) came to me at the beginning of December weighing 70 grams, she's now at the 75 gram mark. Tetley, the bigger of the two, came to me at 80 grams and is now 89 grams. Again at the beginning of December. I've followed Toms care sheets to the letter, their in a planted, enclosed chamber, soaked for 30 minutes a day, eating a diet of home grown weeds and plants and grasses. And a few dark salad mix leaves and both eat like they've never been fed! Both have been checked over and over by my good friend who is a reptile vet and has experience with Leopards before and so far, all is good!
I guess my question is, to those people who have had torts start off dry, what's their growth rate like? I've been watching @eholi and her little Lady October is growing at an unbelievable rate!! At 12 weeks she's already much bigger then my two. I obviously understand that she's been started off correctly, but once a tort is changed to the humid conditions, do they continue to grow slow? Or do they pick up some speed!?