My two rescued children

[sv452]

Hi All,

Think I am in the right section.

Thought I would introduce my two boys (think they are boys as the shell is domed and not kinda flat)

They where chilling out on my desk and was a great photo op.

The one on the left is the quiet one with problems with back legs that doesn't move and the one on the right is the adventurous and always hungry i am a tank and move over anything i please tortoise.

 

[Yvonne G]

They're beauties!

 

[sv452]

They're beauties!

thank you - they crept right into my heart.

 

[Tom]

Hello and welcome.

They need to be housed separately. Tortoises should never be kept as pairs.

Are they getting good UV and a weedy diet?

Most of the care info you find is old, out-dated, and wrong. Here is the correct care info:
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/beginner-mistakes.45180/
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/how-to-raise-a-healthy-sulcata-or-leopard-version-2-0.79895/
Here is a food sheet. Less grass for a leopard, but the same info applies otherwise:
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/for-those-who-have-a-young-sulcata.76744/

 

[sv452]

Hello and welcome.

They need to be housed separately. Tortoises should never be kept as pairs.

Are they getting good UV and a weedy diet?

Most of the care info you find is old, out-dated, and wrong. Here is the correct care info:
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/beginner-mistakes.45180/
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/how-to-raise-a-healthy-sulcata-or-leopard-version-2-0.79895/
Here is a food sheet. Less grass for a leopard, but the same info applies otherwise:
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/for-those-who-have-a-young-sulcata.76744/

> They need to be housed separately. Tortoises should never be kept as pairs.
really? oh boy, that is not good. These two guys where together. any reason why they should not be together ?

> Are they getting good UV and a weedy diet?
They get and have access to about 5-6 hours of uninterrupted direct unfiltered sunlight.
I try and give them a variety of leafy food from the veggie mix a person can buy in the shops.
Trying to source the plants and stuff they like that they can nibble on to their hearts content.
saw most of it on here: https://www.tortoisecentre.co.uk/Tortoise Diet.aspx

will work my way through the beginners mistakes - have read through the how to raise - i have no clue how old these two are though.