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Posted by Kenny on January 10, 2001 at 09:56:37:
In Reply to: leopard tortoise questions posted by Max Duggan on January 09, 2001 at 10:44:00:
: I am now the proud owner of of my first tortoise. He's a leopard. Not a hatchling, he's about 8 inches long, heavy as lead, and eats like a cow. I have read that too much food (even if it's the right food) can cause shell pyramiding. He gets a nice pile of greens and grasses every morning about an hour after he wakes up and warms to eating temperature. (Calcium and vitamin D-3 are sprinkled on) I always feel like he wants more food later in the day. Yesterday was nice and warm so we went for a long walk in the yard and he tried to eat anything that he could get his mouth around. Anything that was white,that is. He walked over lots of nice grass and clover to get to some white rocks that he attempted to eat. What is the fascination with white things. Can anyone enlighten me as to tortoise visual acuity. Do they see colors? I am also confused about what constitutes pyramiding. I have read that a leopard tort will have some bumpiness. Geovanni posted a good picture of a leopard and it was about as bumpy as Rex.(oh yea; his name is Rex) I'm sure that Geovanni knows what he's doing so I'm assuming that this is indeed normal. My final concern is the noise that Rex makes. He is in no distress and as I have said, he eats well; but he whistles when he breathes. No head in the air or gasping for breath. Just a little whistle. He is in a well heated enclosure with white and red basking lights and a 48 inch uv light. Water is always available and he always seems to drink or soak after eating. I just want to be sure that I'm not doing something wrong that could make him sick. I would really appreciate a reply from Geovanni because he has at least one leopard and I believe that we are in the same climate. Jacksonville,Fl. Thanks in advance to any and all who respond.
I keep 5 of these great tortoises. I have 1 female that has a fairly smooth shell and the other 4 have high domes and some bumpiness. They are allowed to roam the backyard in the summer with a chance to eat things like dandilion,sweet clover,various grasses,prickly pear,timothy hay,alfalfa hay and i throw out mixed veggies. I have a male that is 10 years old that also does the whistle but have never had a problem with him otherwise. He shows no signs of being sick and only seems to do this when i bring them in for the winter.He has always and continues to eat anything that is put out for him to eat. Oh yeah, I almost forgot to say that i live in Indiana
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