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  1. Calatrava

    leopard

    nice!
  2. Calatrava

    Hello, introducing Bentham the Heart Shape Tortoise

    Hi Gillian, He is good, eat a lot. He also peed on my floor this morning. He is more active at night. He is not afraid of me now. He even climb on my arm now. :)
  3. Calatrava

    new elongated tortoise

    Hi Kenn, i think the Philippines is quite close to Elongata's original habitat in terms of temp, humidity, plants, etc. So I would not provide UVB for it if i were you. I am from Shanghai where the temp will drop to below 20 C when Autumn is coming so I have to put it into an indoor enclosure...
  4. Calatrava

    TORTOISE STRESS. ARE THEY REALLY THAT FRAGILE

    Mine leopard and redfoot are all captive bred and raised by human from very early age. I feel they are more relaxed when I handle them and could eat immediately after I let them go. In contrast, the south east Asia tortoise is very wary, I suspected it was caught from wild. It alreay gets...
  5. Calatrava

    Tortoise pellets or no pellets

    I give a mix of different brands of pellets, like Mazuri, Versailles, Sudo, rep-cal, zoomed. My leopard likes Sudo and Mazuri a lot. Sometimes, in order to feed him with grass I plant, I grind the pellets into powders and spray them on the grass, so the tort has to eat grass in order to taste...
  6. Calatrava

    Hello, introducing Bentham the Heart Shape Tortoise

    Thanks for the tips. I live in Shanghai, humidity is around 70. My leopard tort is a bit pyramiding, though. Its previous owner keeps it in indoor enclosure with himidity around 50. I am giving it 80 now, hope that would reduce pyramiding.
  7. Calatrava

    Hello, introducing Bentham the Heart Shape Tortoise

    Hi, everyone, Just found this forum when seached leopard tortoise on wikipedia. I have three tortoises and two turtles. The one i would like to introduce first here is my first tortoise, the South Asian tortoise, Bentham. He is about 20 cm long and 5 years old. There is a remarkable heart...
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