Advice needed! One Leopard or two?

[Levi the Leopard]

Re: RE: Advice needed! One Leopard or two?

If I keep up the humidity, will his shell start to become smooth eventually?

I have one with a shell that was very similar to this. She was just over a year old and about the same size with the same amount of pyramiding.
I house her in a completely closed chamber (not a table) with the entire enclosure having humidity in the 90%+ range. She spends half her time in this and half her time in a heavily planted outdoor pen. All her new growth has been completely smooth and she is growing faster now. I have no doubt she will look great as she grows.
I'd suggest you do the same so yours, too could grow in smooth new growth and thrive

Congrats on your new shelled buddy

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[waitmanff]

If I keep up the humidity, will his shell start to become smooth eventually?

I have one with a shell that was very similar to this. She was just over a year old and about the same size with the same amount of pyramiding.
I house her in a completely closed chamber (not a table) with the entire enclosure having humidity in the 90%+ range. She spends half her time in this and half her time in a heavily planted outdoor pen. All her new growth has been completely smooth and she is growing faster now. I have no doubt she will look great as she grows.
I'd suggest you do the same so yours, too could grow in smooth new growth and thrive

Congrats on your new shelled buddy

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When you say completely closed chamber can you elaborate more? Is there a way I can adapt my tortoise table into being completely closed? Or other ways I can have high humidity?

 

[Levi the Leopard]

This particular closed chamber is a glass tank with the screen top covered so it is sealed with no air holes.
Search for the thread "closed chambers" and you'll find a bunch of examples. This should give you great ideas! I'd link to it for you but I don't know how to do it on my phone app.
If you post pictures of your set up I (and others) can give you ideas of what to do. I'm not home or else I'd post some pictures for you of my chambers. I'll do it later for ya.

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[waitmanff]

This particular closed chamber is a glass tank with the screen top covered so it is sealed with no air holes.
Search for the thread "closed chambers" and you'll find a bunch of examples. This should give you great ideas! I'd link to it for you but I don't know how to do it on my phone app.
If you post pictures of your set up I (and others) can give you ideas of what to do. I'm not home or else I'd post some pictures for you of my chambers. I'll do it later for ya.

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Okay the first picture is how I currently have him set up. The humidity in the hide box it a little over 80 but in the rest of the cage its not very good.

The second picture is of the second tortoise table I have, with my othertortoise I had both pushed together (there's a removable door on the side) so it wss a bigger enclosure. For tonight im just keeping him in the one tomorrow I will set up the other side. It takes up the whole wall you see in the back ground.

Any suggestions?

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This particular closed chamber is a glass tank with the screen top covered so it is sealed with no air holes.
Search for the thread "closed chambers" and you'll find a bunch of examples. This should give you great ideas! I'd link to it for you but I don't know how to do it on my phone app.
If you post pictures of your set up I (and others) can give you ideas of what to do. I'm not home or else I'd post some pictures for you of my chambers. I'll do it later for ya.

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Okay the first picture is how I currently have him set up. The humidity in the hide box it a little over 80 but in the rest of the cage its not very good.

The second picture is of the second tortoise table I have, with my othertortoise I had both pushed together (there's a removable door on the side) so it wss a bigger enclosure. For tonight im just keeping him in the one tomorrow I will set up the other side. It takes up the whole wall you see in the back ground.

Any suggestions?

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This might be a stupid question but I was reading somewhere that putting a humidifier in the room helps? Is that true? Would that be one way to go?

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[oknursedana]

Here is a pic of my little fellas enclosure. Tiny was started off hot and dry from the place I got him and by me until I found this forum. He has slight pyramiding but his new growth is smooth.



The humidity is never below 80%. Hope this helps. Welcome.

 

[Levi the Leopard]

I can think of 3 members on here that converted that same zoo med house into a closed chamber. Maybe they can share with you what they did or later I'll look for their threads to show you.

IMO I'd connect your 2 as planned but convert it into a closed chamber. Once I find the other examples to show you, you'll get what I mean.
You can use a humidifier to make your whole room 80 or 90% humidity. Then you don't need a closed chamber. But honestly, I'd rather just re create the hot, humid and rainy season of Africa in a confined enclosure rather than change the conditions of MY whole living space.

**Off the top of my head, theelectrico, sterlingthunder and leopardtortluver might be the 3 user names of those who made the zoo med house conversions. If you wanna search for their pics until I can get to it...

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[waitmanff]

Thank you everyone! I will look.those people up and see what they did!

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Okay I found sterlingthunder pictures of his tortoise table enclosure! It was great! However, I am in no way capable of building or creating something so high tech as he did! However, I could do something more simple like adding plexi glass to the top of the enclosure maybe? I wouldn't know where to put the light then, I assume on top of the plexi glass? hmmmm

 

[Levi the Leopard]

Ya that one was intense...the other 2 did great jobs too but a simpler more common way of modifying it.
You could custom fit a plexiglass lid but have holes cut out for the lights. You want the hole to be snug with the light. I have my light holes cut 1"under the light dome so the lights over lap the holes. The hole is then lined with aluminum foil for safety from the heat.


Here is one of the modified enclosures
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/showthread.php?tid=72539

My enclosure
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/showthread.php?tid=70057

Hope this helps you

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[LeopardTortLover]

Hi Faith, I've just noticed your water dish... I think you might be better off getting a larger, flatter one that the tortoise can climb into and soak himself. You'll also need a MUCH larger one in a few months anyway as he'll outgrow that one quickly. Most people use terra cotta plant saucers on here as they're large, flat, and no danger of drowning/flipping (low sided, easy to get in/out of). Just thought you might want to know

 

[waitmanff]

Does anyone know where to get plexiglass? Somwhere that cuts it for you? Or how you would cut it yourself?

 

[GeoGpp1012]

Hi Faith, I've just noticed your water dish... I think you might be better off getting a larger, flatter one that the tortoise can climb into and soak himself. You'll also need a MUCH larger one in a few months anyway as he'll outgrow that one quickly. Most people use terra cotta plant saucers on here as they're large, flat, and no danger of drowning/flipping (low sided, easy to get in/out of). Just thought you might want to know

Agree with leopardtortlover I would get rid of that and use a terra cotta dish for water

 

[enjoythegulf]

Just FYI... think very clearly about taking on their responsibility.. They require a lot of specialized care..

 

[BeeBee*BeeLeaves]

Late to this this thread. Your leopard is darling. Closed chambers is the key. Hot + humid = healthy + happy. The plexiglass, I have seen at Home Depot actually. And Lowe's. Or glass retailers, too. For cheapy, do a search on craigslist. You may score a piece for little money or free! Or use a Christmas tree size Rubbermaid container.