Care and Feeding of the Hatchling Leopard Tortoise | 台北市立動物園資訊網

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Care and Feeding of the Hatchling Leopard Tortoise 

How to set up an indoor pen

Enclosure:

Aquarium tanks do not make good tortoise pens.  The walls are too high, so the pen stays too hot all over.  The best enclosure is one that has low walls and a lot of floor space.  A large plastic Rubbermaid under the bed storage bin or a large cement mixing tub from Lowe’s or Home Depot work great and are inexpensive.  These tubs are large enough to work for a couple of years at which time the baby tort will need a larger enclosure.  When a larger indoor pen is needed, a tortoise table (turtle table) will need to be constructed. 

Substrate:

Sphagnum moss, cypress mulch (do not use any other type of wood mulch), and a 50/50 mix of coconut coir and play sand are good choices for substrate.  My baby Leopard pens have wet sphagnum on the end where the basking lamp is hanging.  This area is...