My Leopard Tort

[King Jack4th]

Hello everyone! I wanted to share my Leopard Tortoise named Bean.

Questions:

1. Does his setup look okay?

2. Does he look healthy?


(hot spot stays 100 degree, cool spot around ~80, substrate peat moss mixed with orchid bark)


(tank is sprayed down in the morning)

 

[King Jack4th]

Not sure what his exact age is but I have had him for about a year now.

 

[diamondbp]

His new shell growth looks. nice looking leopard

 

[Neal]

Are you able to get him outside? If not, what type of lighting are you using?

Just from looking at your picture, my concern with that type of shallow open enclosure would be temperature fluctuations. As long as you are certain they are maintained in the range you indicated, then you are probably OK. It may be difficult to maintain elevated humidity in that set up as well, but I would not be concerned with that beyond what you are doing with a tortoise of that size.

Adding a couple of plants or rocks might make him more curious and more likely to venture around.

 

[wellington]

He looks nice. I would probably lower his water dish a bit and I would also have the concerns Neal mentioned. A humid cold tort makes for a sick tort. Be sure those temps stay up around 80 specially with damp/wet substrate, which is good for smoothing out that new growth.

 

[pam]

Beautiful tort

 

[King Jack4th]

Are you able to get him outside? If not, what type of lighting are you using?

Just from looking at your picture, my concern with that type of shallow open enclosure would be temperature fluctuations. As long as you are certain they are maintained in the range you indicated, then you are probably OK. It may be difficult to maintain elevated humidity in that set up as well, but I would not be concerned with that beyond what you are doing with a tortoise of that size.

Adding a couple of plants or rocks might make him more curious and more likely to venture around.

He stays inside most of the time. I am using a tube UVB/UVA and a CHE for heating. The room he is in is VERY insulated so temp his hot spot rarely drops below 100 I am more worried about over heating. What kind of plants do you recommend for decoration? I am worried he will climb out of him tank with my many rocks.

 

[bouaboua]

It is a pretty little thing. And I cannot anything more other then those point other member already mentioned.