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These guys i rehomed last year, they were kept in the totally wrong conditions and being fed the wrong foods, i think to be honest the guy just looked at them and thought "aarrrr pretty colours" and didn't do his home work on them, the tort table they came with was an old draw(not even modified still with handles) and a table lamp, no UV no heat, no nothing. two of them had quite bad pyramiding even at their early age. that has all been changed now, purpose indoor table with uv and heat, proper substrate (instead of newspaper as they had) and lots of grass mixed with weeds sprinkled with all the right powders, there outdoor pen has mesh covering 2 thirds and one third is persplex creating a sun trap, the outdoor house also has a heat lamp built in so even if the sun trap dont get warm enough the house will provide the heat, and of course nightimes they sleep indoors, i dread my electric bills.......but its all worth it.

This one is Atlas who is 5


This one is Artemis who is also 5


This one is Gaia who is about 4

he looks about the same age as mine, or similar size

They are lovely. I have seen worse pyramiding on leopards. The last one i saw was terrible. The trouble is people see them in pet shops and buy them. They don't do their homework like you say. Leopards grow really big. They look in good hands now.

mines pyramiding is worse,

they are lovely