My official p.pardalis leopard tort page

[diamondbp]

GOSH, Byron- those are GORGEOUS animals!!!!

Thanks! I like to think so too

 

[diamondbp]

Not a tortoise update, but related. My two mulberry trees I planted on my soon to be home property have settled in quite nicely. We will be starting construction on my new house in 2 short weeks. So soon my pardalis will have TONS of space(3acres).

I will also do a monthly update soon on my group

 

[diamondbp]

Update time. You will notice that some have grown very nicely since last month and some look like the same photo because of no growth. So the new plan is to create a separate enclosure for the few that haven't grown much and isolate them completely from the others. It seems some flourish with outside time and for others it can be overwhelming .
So once I'm back from vacation that will be my new project.

 

[Killerrookie]

Update time. You will notice that some have grown very nicely since last month and some look like the same photo because of no growth. So the new plan is to create a separate enclosure for the few that haven't grown much and isolate them completely from the others. It seems some flourish with outside time and for others it can be overwhelming .
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Man the first one is super dark!!

 

[diamondbp]

Yeh he has really darkened the last 6 months. I dig it

 

[Killerrookie]

Yeh he has really darkened the last 6 months. I dig it

Me too!! I think the darker leopards are more harder to come by.

 

[diamondbp]

Update time. Some are growing well and some I just simply don't get what's wrong.

 

[Sheldon the russian tortoise]

How big do Leopards get when full grown? Dumb question... I know

 

[diamondbp]

Building starts in two weeks. My future Leo paradise

 

[diamondbp]

How big do Leopards get when full grown? Dumb question... I know

Between 8-18 inches on average depending on genetics and sex

 

[memo1987]

What kind of food is this one from the pic?
Does they like it?

 

[Levi the Leopard]

8"???? Seriously? You're breaking my heart..lol

Have you known of many males to stay that small?
Levi is 3 and was 10" last I measured him. I'm crossing my fingers that he'll at least get 14" maybe 16". Please oh please give me more hope!!

Between 8-18 inches on average depending on genetics and sex

 

[Elohi]

8"???? Seriously? You're breaking my heart..lol

Have you known of many males to stay that small?
Levi is 3 and was 10" last I measured him. I'm crossing my fingers that he'll at least get 14" maybe 16". Please oh please give me more hope!!

I was thinking the same thing! 8"? Beans broke 8" a while back and he's not yet 2 yrs old. I hope this means he will be on the bigger side.

Levi is going to be a big boy, I think.

 

[diamondbp]

Leopards from certain regions remain very small. I was giving a general size range considering all wild localities.
I would imagine the vast majority of American specimens range between 12-18inches.
The total range in the wild between the smallest and largest adult is probably 8"-28"

 

[wellington]

Wow, I haven't kept up here. Love your property. What a great place for torts. I have so lost count, how many torts now? Be sure to share building pics too.

 

[diamondbp]

What kind of food is this one from the pic?
Does they like it?

That's mazuri tortoise diet. The vast majority of my tortoises love it

 

[Levi the Leopard]

Leopards from certain regions remain very small. I was giving a general size range considering all wild localities.
I would imagine the vast majority of American specimens range between 12-18inches.
The total range in the wild between the smallest and largest adult is probably 8"-28"

I being a bit silly... thought you'd catch that!

 

[diamondbp]

I being a bit silly... thought you'd catch that!

I've been slow lately lol,,,,,, it's that CRAZY heat getting to me

 

[memo1987]

That's mazuri tortoise diet. The vast majority of my tortoises love it

Thanks
I will try it
Just to have a variation of food

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Please do tell me to shut up if I don't know what I'm talking about, but I know very little about Leopards and am curious.
Some of these beautiful torts seem to be pyramiding a bit and some are smooth as a babies behind.
It seems to me that the larger ones are more often pyramiding than the smaller ones.
The humidity is presumably the same for all.
So is it possible, do you think, that rapid growth could contribute to pyramiding?
Just a thought, and probably a stupid one.