Omgosh I totally saw these two on fb!Here are my two newest additions . Absolutely stunning 4month olds from SierraView ranch. These are hands down the healthiest young leopards I've been fortunate enough to purchase. They are clutch mates but very different so far. Here are some pics from their arrival today and their first Louisiana soak.View attachment 121814View attachment 121815View attachment 121816View attachment 121817View attachment 121818View attachment 121819View attachment 121820
16...... Unfortunately I had some babies from a breeder who kept them on rabbit pellets that didn't do well and eventually didn't make it . I strongly advise that if anyone sees rabbit pellets in the background of whoever you're considering buying from to strongly consider buying elsewhere. I've definitely learned my lesson.Byron, they are stunning! What's your total leopard count now?
Get thee behind me Satan!!! I am tempted to get a couple like you diamondbp, but the distance & the risks to those babies really put me off , but they really are beautiful.
lol My apologies. What do you mean by the distance & risk? Shipping risk?[/QUOTE
I haven't weighed them yet Michael. They are pardalis/babcocki mixes. I have 3 mixes from different parents and these will be put with them eventually. I'm keeping my pure p.pardalis together for future breeding and the mixes will be kept together (but separate from the pure).Very beautiful specimens. Quit round and high domed for SAs. Do you have their weight?
Hijacking is forgiven . As far as my slow growers, I think several different factors come into play. I think the primary factor, at least is my group, is how dry some were started and I honestly think that that's really hard to overcome.
In two or three years I will start getting babies out of my herd. Then we will be able to answer this question. Whenever I buy groups of hatchlings of any species from breeders, I get wildly variable growth rates. No so with the eggs I hatch myself.
Is this because they were transported to a new area? Sometimes it was just a short car ride. Other times they were shipped across the entire country.
Are the differing growth rates due to incubation technique? Hatchling care techniques? Early humidity and hydration? Diet? Time will tell...
I'm going to guess that when we, the participants of this thread with SA leopards, start hatching our own babies and start them with warm temps, humidity and daily soaks, we will see much more homogenous growth rates.
One more thing to consider: Early on my males grew much faster than my females. At around year four, the males have slowed their pace a bit and the females are now on appetite and growth overdrive.
All my hatchlings from the same clutches are remarkably similar in size and growth rates
Goo louisiana torts!!Here are my two newest additions . Absolutely stunning 4month olds from SierraView ranch. These are hands down the healthiest young leopards I've been fortunate enough to purchase. They are clutch mates but very different so far. Here are some pics from their arrival today and their first Louisiana soak.View attachment 121814View attachment 121815View attachment 121816View attachment 121817View attachment 121818View attachment 121819View attachment 121820