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I had this terrarium custom-made for my Leopard tortoise but she has since grown out of it over the years. It is absolutely gorgeous and made of Birch Plywood. It has been stained and polyurethened for aesthetics and waterproofing. The bottom and partial sides are made of glass so the wood on...

Hi Tom- so my leopard only gets grocery greens 1x a week. The rest of the time she gets a great variety of greens/flowers from outside. I make a "salad" for her at the beginning of the week and sprinkle a little bit of mineralAll and scrape some cuttlebone onto the salad. I mix it all up and...

Tom, I wanted to get your advice on this... photo is attached. My 1.5 year old leopard had her daily bath today and in her poo were 19 pebbles!! 19!!! I googled to see what people say about tortoises eating rocks and the reasons I found were they need calcium or other minerals (she gets calcium...

Super helpful. Thank you!!!

Tom I had a question on the feeding. I’ve read a few places that it’s good for the tortoise to have a day or 2 a week with no food... but this seems cruel because of how much my little leopard loves to eat (I’m feeding her twice a day, a pile a little smaller than her shell each time with a big...

no joke, my friend.

Hahah unfortunately for me it is the pure truth. Had to climb onto the roof to save my ninja tortoise.

I don’t know!!! She is a ninja turtle!!!!!

Hi Everyone, Now I know there are much more important and pressing things going on in the world right now, but I wanted to share a story with you all because I can’t not share this. I have a gorgeous leopard yearling whom I love dearly. This weekend I put her out on the second floor porch...

so cute! Here is my hungry giant.

thanks Tom!

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Yes! Thanks, Tom's sheets are super helpful but don't say if you can overfeed which is what I was worried about.

She is 590 grams and growing so fast! How big is yours?