Congrats! Your little baby is a very cute 
My new leopard tort
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Very nice. I tend to over analyze a little, but I would be a little worried that he will climb up his 1/2 log hide, and potentially get into touble. Also, I would lower the water dish into the mulch a little. I can see his shell is growing, and in a couple of weeks, he'll look a lot different. Good Luck.
Your actually right on, because earlier tonight he did just that and climed the log and was trying to eat the fake plants that are hanging above. I took him off and put him on the ground. So luckily I was there to see him do that. That was the only log I had at home but I have a couple of smaller ones ordered. Thanks for the advice, I can't wait to watch him grow!!
I'm so happy that everyone feels the same way I do about these guys. They are the best little torts ever. They are just as fun, bold, curious, outgoing, hardy and voracious as any sulcata with out all the horrendous draw backs that come later on. AND they are gorgeous at all the growth stages they will go through.
Cherbear, CoreyC and Tico, just so you all know, these guys have been fed everything but the kitchen sink and they eat everything. None of them ever turned down anything that was offered and they clean their plates even better than my sulcata hatchlings. They have had spring mix, santa barbara mix, endive, parsley, cilantro, turnip greens, kale, collard greens, red and green leaf lettuce, watercress, bok choy, pumpkin leaves and blooms and grated pumpkin, grape leaves, hibiscus leaves, opuntia cactus and fruit, despined organ pipe cactus, aloe, elephant bush pads, desert mallow, sowthistle, dandelion, fillaree, plantain, hawksbeard, wild onion, wild mustard, some other safe weeds that I don't know the name of, fresh grass, chopped and rehydrated bermuda hay, Mazuri twice a week, ZooMed Grassland Tortoise food, grated carrot, grated squash, rose petals and leaves, hibiscus flowers, dandelion flowers... I know there is more, but I can't think of it now... For the opuntia, I just drop a whole tender, bright green, young pad in there, after I wipe all the spines away under running water with a thick rubber glove. They just munch away at it. They've been getting RepCal with no D3 two or three times a week and Herptivite once or twice a week. They've gotten an hour or two of sun nearly every day, weather permitting. I soak them before and after sun and spray them continuously throughout the day. Their enclosures were 80-90% humidity with humid hide boxes of 99-100% humidity. Room humidity was only 50-60%. They always had a water dish and used it frequently. Room temp was never lower than 80 and sometimes as high as 92. They all had a basking light with temps of 105-114 and they used it most of the day. When I take them outside for sun, it is VERY dry here. Humidity is usually in the low teens or single digits outside. Because of this, I made it rain on them every 5-10 minutes while they were outside. EVERY day is a rainy day at MY house.
Hope this helps and I'm really looking forward to watching these guys grow up.
Cherbear, CoreyC and Tico, just so you all know, these guys have been fed everything but the kitchen sink and they eat everything. None of them ever turned down anything that was offered and they clean their plates even better than my sulcata hatchlings. They have had spring mix, santa barbara mix, endive, parsley, cilantro, turnip greens, kale, collard greens, red and green leaf lettuce, watercress, bok choy, pumpkin leaves and blooms and grated pumpkin, grape leaves, hibiscus leaves, opuntia cactus and fruit, despined organ pipe cactus, aloe, elephant bush pads, desert mallow, sowthistle, dandelion, fillaree, plantain, hawksbeard, wild onion, wild mustard, some other safe weeds that I don't know the name of, fresh grass, chopped and rehydrated bermuda hay, Mazuri twice a week, ZooMed Grassland Tortoise food, grated carrot, grated squash, rose petals and leaves, hibiscus flowers, dandelion flowers... I know there is more, but I can't think of it now... For the opuntia, I just drop a whole tender, bright green, young pad in there, after I wipe all the spines away under running water with a thick rubber glove. They just munch away at it. They've been getting RepCal with no D3 two or three times a week and Herptivite once or twice a week. They've gotten an hour or two of sun nearly every day, weather permitting. I soak them before and after sun and spray them continuously throughout the day. Their enclosures were 80-90% humidity with humid hide boxes of 99-100% humidity. Room humidity was only 50-60%. They always had a water dish and used it frequently. Room temp was never lower than 80 and sometimes as high as 92. They all had a basking light with temps of 105-114 and they used it most of the day. When I take them outside for sun, it is VERY dry here. Humidity is usually in the low teens or single digits outside. Because of this, I made it rain on them every 5-10 minutes while they were outside. EVERY day is a rainy day at MY house.
Hope this helps and I'm really looking forward to watching these guys grow up.
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So cute. I almost bought one this weekend, but made the responsible decision of no room, no time, no new tortoise right now. I hated not to get one, as the breeder had one I loved and was attached to just watching him walk around. Oh well...
Good luck with the new tortoise.
Good luck with the new tortoise.
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