My tortoise has dark eyes Baby Leopard tortoise

[JDDV97]

Recently bought a leopard tortoise from a reptile show. He has dark eyes. He sleeps about 20 hours out of the day. I soak him 20 minutes a day and keep him outside 14 hours and inside 10 hours at night to avoid predation . I live in Texas for context . He eats grass , spring mix , succulent , He doesn’t eat mushed pellets. I try to put Repti calcium on 2x a week . His substrate full of flowers I found safe on the tortoise table . Organist top soil mix and repti bark . I let him roam backyard so he can get exercise over different elevation. Any advice?

 

[JDDV97]

He also looks like he has a lump in his throat if you look at the pictures. He also never eats the plants in his enclosure. They’re all plants. I found safe on table tortoise.

 

[Littleredfootbigredheart]

Hello and welcome to the forum!💚🐢

Your baby shouldn’t be living outside full time like this until they are measuring at least 10 inches, whilst they are so young, they need housing in a closed chamber set up for at least the first 3 years. They can roam a secure outdoor enclosure for no more than a few hours a day.

Store brought top soil’s shouldn’t be used as there’s no way of knowing exactly what plants have gone into it, could be something toxic.

Hopefully you’ll find this thread I made useful to read, it goes over the correct types of equipment(many folks get sold the wrong stuff), maintaining humidity, correct levels etc

Leopard/sulcata starter

Hello there! In this thread I’m going to include some information below on how I’d personally tackle an indoor starter set up for this guy until they’re bigger. Hopefully it helps give you some ideas! I know it looks a lot to go over, I like to make sure all bases are covered, I’m happy to...

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This is another care sheet you might find helpful too!

The Best Way To Raise A Sulcata, Leopard, Or Star Tortoise

I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. Babies hatch during the...

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Lastly, hopefully you’ll find this one useful in helping you know what bulbs to avoid and stuff🙂

Common keeping errors

Hello everyone! I’d been a long time lurker on this site long before joining just under a year ago now, over that time I’ve seen these husbandry issues come up time and time again, sometimes with dire consequences☹️ I thought this thread might serve as a good visual guide for these common...

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Hope this helps! Any further questions, please do ask! They’ll always be someone to help😊

 

[wellington]

You need to do a lot of read on this forum and get him housed properly. Outside all day is not good for a hatchling. One hour tops for now, more as he gets older/bigger.

 

[TammyJ]

Your little tortoise is beautiful.