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[Becks]

Hi not to worry ..
with his feeding there is no way in the world he sould be feed fruit or veg (alot of ppl are told this )
i dont keep leo`s and know very little. but what i do know is that there diet sould be weeds grass and hay with supplements ie limestone flour and nutrabol and sould be aloud to freely graze as picked grass if left can be toxic ...
and leos also need a high level of uv ..
hope this helps
becks xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
im sure people who keep leos can help you alot more than i can and also correct me if im wrong

[midi-mania]

do you have a outdoors pen for him? and is he kept in a tortoise table a cage or a vivarium?

[bernards mom]

fill your boots i need all the info i can get!
i thought i was doin ok but i feel really bad bein on here now!
he has nutrubal once a week(not that he likes it, he doesnt really eat his food wen thats on) and he has a uv light but im not sure what 1 i will check in a min. i pick my neighbours dandelions coz i no she doesnt treat them but other than that i didnt really no wot to give him! he doesnt like roses - ni thought they all liked them!
i tellu wot he does like tho.... wen the weather is crap (most of the time here!) he just wonders around the house most of the day and he has started eating my plaster at the bottom of the wall.
sarah

[Becks]

midi a little of topic this topic was put here by this person
asking about food im sure they will get round to housing ect in there own time

[midi-mania]

i dont keep you species i keep hermans but im just trying to share the little knowledge that i can
can you tell me your indoor setup plz? then i will try to point any mistakes out but as i said i dont know much about this species

[midi-mania]

yeah i know but she did ask me... kind of im just going to tell her what i know
as in not to feed them vegies etc

[bernards mom]

u dont need to moan at me coz i no what ur gona say.... he started off in an aquarium (no water obviously) and is now in a viv. but like i say he just roams around the house alot of the time. i only ever put him im the garden wen it was nice and sunny and dry coz i thought he would get flu and die or something and i didnt think he would be ok if it rained (even tho i Bath him!) sometimes he just roams around the garden or if the kids are out he goes in the rabbit run. i wouldnt leave him out if i was not in the house as around here someone would pinch him!

[Becks]

hi again he souldnt really be aloud to roam freely round your house
with him going at the walls well all i can say is sound like hes lacking in somthink try to add cuttle fish for him ..
this is for calcium some torts will touch it some wont by the sounds of it i think yours would .
if you search the forum for leopard tortoise info im sure you will find loads there is a search bar at the top of the page

[midi-mania]

this is just some basic stuff
you need to change the uv tubes onces every 6 monthes (because they start to loose their uv output)
you should keep him in a tortoise table preferably (vivariums are very bad)
you should give him fresh weeds out the garden
he should not eat plaster
he should get a pinch of nutrobal sprinkled on his food a few times a week (i give it everyday)
and he should have a large ESCAPE PROOF outdoor encloseure that he can graze in

everyone feel free to corect me on this

[midi-mania]

if you want to get some great outdoor enclosure ideas click this link:
http://forums.shelledwarriors.co.uk/...pic.php?t=5307