Leopard Tortoises for rehoming

[WAC!2024]

We have 4 young leopard tortoises surplus in our collection:
Burundi and Rwanda are 7 years old.
Comet and Blitzen are 5 years old.
We presume we have 2 males and 2 females but we can check prior to rehoming.
We are looking for loving homes for all 4 (they could be rehomed separately). They currently live in a large tortoise table indoors but love spending the long summer days outdoors, being brought in at night.
They feed very well on grass, weeds etc with nutrobal on their food and cuttlefish when needed/to gnaw on.
They do have some historical pyramiding on their shells (the top scutes) but this has not developed as they have aged.

[lin]

Hi again Wayne. I will pop your advert onto the Facebook page where your other message is. It will get a lot more views on there and we can cross our fingers crossed for a happy outcome.

Lin

[Rainey]

Hi are these still available? If so I am very interested in having these for my learning disability centre that I am the manager off. My oldest son had one of these many years ago as a pet and it was perfect pet for hom

[Martinjennens]

Rainey wrote:
> Hi are these still available? If so I am very interested in having these
> for my learning disability centre that I am the manager off. My oldest son
> had one of these many years ago as a pet and it was perfect pet for hom
Hi I have a 20 year old leopard tortoise I need to re-home if it's of interest?

[Nina]

Hi Rainey,

Are you sure that you want a Leopard tortoise for you learning disability centre? They are the third largest tortoise in the world, do not hibernate (so need lots of space and heating bills in the winter are expensive) and require a diet that is at least 75% - 80% grass. I think that maybe for your learning disability centre it would be better to have a smaller species, like Horsfield or Hermann's, but you will also need to provide indoor accommodation in an open-topped tortoise table and outdoor accommodation when the weather is good.

Tortoises are not the easiest pets to keep, because they are ectothermic (they don't produce their own body heat like mammals do and so heating and lighting is very important). Many tortoises were imported into the UK in the 1970s and 1980s and sold as 'garden tortoises', but very few of them survive today because people didn't understand their care needs.

If you'd like to email us -- contact@thetortoisetable.org.uk, I could send you care sheets for Leopard tortoises, as well as several smaller species so that you could assess their needs and find a species suitable for you.

[Nina]

Hi Martinjennens,

If you would like to rehome your Leopard tortoise, we can help you. Just send an email to contact@thetortoisetable.org.uk and we will get in touch requesting photos, information about the tortoise, etc., and then we'll produce an ad to go on our Facebook page and this forum. The prospective rehomers will then contact you direct and you can ask them questions about their facilities, etc. and choose the most appropriate home.

Nina

[Jojo_102]

Hi if the females are still available for rehoming I have a purpose built shed and would love to rehome them