You have very lovely mountain torts, the wild one have the natural pyramiding look to them so they really live up to their names and look like "mini" walking mountains.
Tom said:The key to raising them smooth is to simulate the hot wet humid african rainy season. Calcium supplementation, diet and UV play secondary roles.
Soak hatchlings for about 45 minutes every day, keep the temp no lower than 80 anywhere in the enclosure, offer a humid hide, keep humidity around 80%, offer a 100 degree basking site for 12 hours a day, and you will produce a smooth leopard. Its nearly impossible to accomplish the above without using a closed chamber.
LeoCraze said:Tom, I saw this page using your image and some pictures of other users in the forum. Wanted to alert you to see if they had permission or not.
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ElfDa said:Tom said:The key to raising them smooth is to simulate the hot wet humid african rainy season. Calcium supplementation, diet and UV play secondary roles.
Soak hatchlings for about 45 minutes every day, keep the temp no lower than 80 anywhere in the enclosure, offer a humid hide, keep humidity around 80%, offer a 100 degree basking site for 12 hours a day, and you will produce a smooth leopard. Its nearly impossible to accomplish the above without using a closed chamber.
So... I'm lookin' at the redfoot set up thread that talks about using the heat rope, and it's sounding pretty good about now.
How do you keep the temp up in their soaks?
jshaw9_ said:Hi tom,
are you able to tell the difference between a PB and a PP circa 5years of age? Photo below, cheers jay.