19-08-2007, 11:53 PM | #1 |
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i am concerned that my tortoise is underweight when i have read about the size of some of the other leopards on this forum. his shell measures underneith (head to tail) 18.5cm, underneith again(side to side) 12cm, and over the top (head to tail, althought his scutes are quite high) 32cm. his weight is 2lb 14oz. what does anyone think? my brother has a male from the same batch that is nearly exactly the same size but his is 2lb 4 oz. thanks sarah
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can we have a picture?
and what do you feed it and do you measure how much weight he gains each month?
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Hi im not at all clued up on leopards but there are loads of ppl on here that are ..
can you measure just the plastron length and not from head to tail .. as this is the correct way to measure your tortoise . http://forums.shelledwarriors.co.uk/...asure+tortoise this link may help with measureing sorry i cant be much more help becks xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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sorry i did mean the plastron lenght i was just tryin to explain what way i was goin if you get that!
i have had him a couple of years now and when i got him i was told to feed him bags of salad and frozen veg. he does still have some veg but mostly grass and he loves dandelion leaves. i was also told to feed him brocoli and cauliflower leaves as there high in fibre is this true? sarah
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frozen veg! does that include things like collyflour?
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hi
oh and i havent ever weighed him before
and i dont no how to put pics on here yet. i only got the computor at crimbo and still dont really have a clue. will put one on as soon as i can
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if so never feed it to him again! the best foods for them are weeds
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do you give him his daily vitimins and stuff (nutrobal)?
if not buy some off the shelledwarriors ebay website its cheap! and then just read the instructions on the tub
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hi
yeah. diced up carrot cauliflower, peas and sweetcorn that kind of thing
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colieflour and peas i would definately not give to a tortoise (sorry if im sounding a bit mean) i mean it for the best
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