Leopard Pattern Changes- Hatchling to 2.5 year old

[Levi the Leopard]

I thought it'd be cool to post some photos of Levi and how his pattern has changed over the years. I brought him home at 4weeks old and now he's 2.5 years old. That's going from less than 2inches to 10inches in size! Quite a change occurs in that time

Enjoy!

First day home

New black growth comes quickly!

And then the white spots start...

...and keep coming...

until eventually he has nice rings of all white growth! (the prettiest phase IMO)

Now, he's 10months old and has very even black/white spotting

Note the look of his underside... This is a confirmed male (wasn't confirmed at the time of this photo..but it might be interesting for some to see his underside from back then)

Then we celebrate his 1st Birthday...

He's still growing with a fairly even color pattern...(in these next photos he looks the same but look closely, you'll see the changes )

His 2nd Birthday (no cake this time..lol)

His underside again..(still pre-flash)

More growing. He's getting wider, too

Now at 2.5 years old

The thread of his most recent photos- http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/2-5-year-old-leopard.106633/

Hope you liked seeing the changes! His HIGH WHITE phase (joking..joking..) was my favorite. But I still think he's quite a looker! I wonder how much more growing/changing he has to do..

(I had more photos for ya...but apparently I couldn't create a thread with more than 20 photos...shucks. sorry!)

 

[mike taylor]

Very cool thanks for sharing .

 

[wellington]

Nice to see the changes like this. I wish I could know how big Tatum will get. At this point with both of them, the growing won't be so obvious I'm sure. I'm hoping Tatum does a lot more growing, but of course will have to wait and see, probably a long time.

 

[phebe121]

This is cool now i know what to look forward to with mine

 

[Wherethetortiroam]

What an adorable and colorful lil guy you have

 

[Carol S]

He is very pretty.

 

[Kathy Coles]

And his smoothness is beautiful also. Thank you for sharing.

 

[Pokeymeg]

Wow, beautiful growth! Already 10" at 2 years, he will be a very big boy!

 

[Elohi]

Love!!! LOVE!!
His growth has been fantastic and his pattern is gorgeous. I could tell in his first plastron picture he was looking male, and his second yr plastron picture, even more so!

 

[Levi the Leopard]

Thanks everyone.

 

[diamondbp]

thanks for taking the time to put this together. very cool to see and such a healthy specimen

 

[stojanovski92113]

I enjoy looking at threads like this...thanks for sharing you have such a beautiful leopard & you took such good care of him

 

[Elohi]

Hey Heather!
Look what just popped up in my fb newsfeed! You're handsome Levi!

 

[Delilah1623]

This is awesome being able to see the changes as he grows!!

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

Heather thank you some much for the ammo. I'm not too sure Karen will thank you, but I'll be sure to give you credit.

 

[Levi the Leopard]

That's awesome Monica! Thanks for giving me the heads up. I'm Facebook-less

Ken, you lost me...?... does this mean you are venturing into leopards?

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

Been wanting to for some years now. I've got a fun story, not to share here, about a baby Leo that was to come home with me from LA.

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

Someday, Heather, we'll talk. It'll be fun.

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

Heather, aren't you glad you're up here where it's relatively dry?!!! Maybe you got 1/4" vs. the 2"-4" down south got, right? LOL

 

[Levi the Leopard]

Ya, my mom and friends are telling me about their heavy rain..(only in SoCal do 2 days count as heavy rain) but it's only been misty here.
I love it here so much Ken. LOVE it. Southern Oregon is just perfect so far. I still have to test Dec and Jan and haven't seen spring yet (no worries there) but even if these next 2 months are tough...It's only 2 months year.

During the winter, Levi gets to come inside each day for a soak and meal. And his house holds the temps perfectly. So, I'm glad it's just the 1