Hello, I am Ben from Minnesota. I have been obsessed with my P. Pardalis Leopards ever since I got my first 8 years ago. Somehow, in all my thousands of hours online I never dug into this site and so I have missed all the great info/people here. I am glad I finally woke up!
I got my first P.Pardalis Leopard 8 years ago and my second 5 years ago. I have raised them both to adulthood in my basement, doing the best I can being in Minnesota. Last summer my female - Aphrodite (8 1/2 year - 28 pounds) laid her first clutch in a hole cut in the floor of her enclosure. She refused to dig in the large dirt part of the enclosure built specifically for her to lay eggs (not knowing if she ever would!). She wanted to dig on the plywood floor - so we cut a hole and dropped a bin with dirt right there and she laid 6 eggs. She then laid 3 more clutches last fall. I chilled the eggs @ 60 degrees for month to break diapause, and then incubated @ 85 and crossed our fingers. In March we hatched the first of 9 babies, our latest just last week.
I work hard to raise them healthy and happy but I would like to learn more about care and meet more people that share this interest. There don't seem to be a lot of people breeding P. Pardalis Leopards out there, but I am looking. Being in MN, and having to house indoors most of the year, I feel pretty lucky to have succeeded at breeding and hatching these guys. Hopefully my female will stay busy.
Good to meet you all,
Ben
I got my first P.Pardalis Leopard 8 years ago and my second 5 years ago. I have raised them both to adulthood in my basement, doing the best I can being in Minnesota. Last summer my female - Aphrodite (8 1/2 year - 28 pounds) laid her first clutch in a hole cut in the floor of her enclosure. She refused to dig in the large dirt part of the enclosure built specifically for her to lay eggs (not knowing if she ever would!). She wanted to dig on the plywood floor - so we cut a hole and dropped a bin with dirt right there and she laid 6 eggs. She then laid 3 more clutches last fall. I chilled the eggs @ 60 degrees for month to break diapause, and then incubated @ 85 and crossed our fingers. In March we hatched the first of 9 babies, our latest just last week.
I work hard to raise them healthy and happy but I would like to learn more about care and meet more people that share this interest. There don't seem to be a lot of people breeding P. Pardalis Leopards out there, but I am looking. Being in MN, and having to house indoors most of the year, I feel pretty lucky to have succeeded at breeding and hatching these guys. Hopefully my female will stay busy.
Good to meet you all,
Ben
it's been said but hear it goes again pic's please 
