Keeping a Pet Tortoise
25 Mar 2010
Preparing to purchase a tortoise? If you are, be sure to look through this web site for a handy guide book or general tortoise care sheet. The general care sheets provide an overview of information that is needed to take care of a particular type of tortoise. By reading the general tortoise care sheets you will know if raising a tortoise is something you are ready to do. Besides providing a general description of your tortoise the overview will explain the life span, the adult size of the tortoise and the common name as well as the scientific name of the tortoise. You will even be able to find out what country or countries your tortoise is found in.
Tortoises typically live long lives, so if you are going to purchase a tortoise be prepared. Adults can range in size from fifteen to eighteen inches and weigh in between thirty to fifty pounds. These are just some of the facts you would find in the general tortoise care sheets for a leopard tortoise.
If you are going to house the tortoise because the climate in which you live won’t permit it to live outside you will find dimensions for an enclosure. The leopard tortoise needs to have dry conditions to thrive so you must watch the humidity levels in their housing.
Tortoises need an extreme amount of light so if they can’t get it naturally you will need to provide special lighting for them. The leopard tortoise is especially susceptible to illness if they don’t have enough ultra violet light. The care sheet and guides will explain the perfect lights needed to keep your tortoise healthy.
Substrates for tortoises can also become dinner. They need to eat high fibre grass or hay and it can also be used as a substrate for their enclosure. There will be a more detailed description of what to feed your tortoise in the food section of the general tortoise care sheet and guide books. Besides giving you the best food for your tortoise you can also find out if your pet needs any supplements in their diet. If they do you will find it in the same section on the general care sheets.
A shopping list always accompanies the general tortoise care sheets. This makes it extremely easy for you to get everything you need for your pet. We have the items at this web site so that you can purchase your entire shopping list if you would like.
Finally you will find two more sections in the general tortoise care sheets that provide information on water bowls and maintenance. If you need to put anything special in the water bowl for your tortoise it will be noted here. Keeping the tortoise enclosure maintained is also very important to the health of the tortoise so you will find helpful tips on how often it is necessary to clean out the home and what if any disinfectants need to be used.
