2 Month Old Leopard Tortoise Feeding Problems

[NicholasM85]

I’m sorry for your loss
Where’d you get him from?

Thank you. I thought he was going to pull through, he seemed more active early this morning! :-(
Reptile show here in Houston...

 

[Jay Bagley]

Well, Mr. Prime left us today... I did everything in my power to keep the little guy alive and followed all the care sheets, etc. I think he was dehydrated before I got him and there's no telling for how long.... Thanks everyone for the help. I'm sorry for the bad news.

So sorry your little one has passed.

 

[Romeo Serback]

For my baby leopards, I have a fluorescent tube UVB and a 60 watt CHE. The whole thing is covered in plastic - not the best, but better than an open topped container. I have no trouble getting these guys to eat:

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You can see in the last picture, their little blue food dish is almost perfectly cleaned up. This means I didn't give them enough food. There should always be some left over.

So a 60 watt CHE and a UVB tube is sufficient enough? I ask this because I have enough room for 2 lights on top of my enclosure, and I currently have a 100 watt MVB that doubles as a UVB/basking and a 60 watt CHE. The enclosure dimension is 24"×24"×12".