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fr00tbat
at Sun Sep 14 22:35:40 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by fr00tbat ]
Hi. We've been considering getting a baby Leopard tortoise. We decided on a Leopard for several reasons. Sulcata get to be too big for the space I would be able to provide, our back garden is roughly 15x40 feet. My wife isn't keen on red and yellow foot torts. And the Euro/Mediterraneans' requirement for hibernating is a difficulty variable we think might be too easy to mess up. This is our first tortoise.
I've done my homework on their longevity, space and dietary requirements, but I'm worried that Orlando - where we live - is too humid for them. If that is true I'd rather not have a tortoise at all that keep one in a hazardous environment. I enjoy these creatures immensely though, so I'd like to get some input on this from those who have experience with them.
We'll keep the baby tort indoors with a few hours of outside time here or there until it's large enough to live outside in a secure habitat. I'd bring it in for bad weather, of course, but it's quite humid here (I think so anyway), so I'm afraid that might result in a chronically sick tort. Does it make a difference if the tort was born in Florida? Does that exposure to Florida's climate from birth help to make them less susceptible to respiratory problems?
I've had a look through the various forums and didn't really see this sort of question addressed. Thanks for any help!
Justin
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 Orlando too humid for p. babcocki? - fr00tbat, Sun Sep 14 22:35:40 2008
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