give him some morning sunlight & fresh running water

How big is your hatchling.? They do eat any grass, but in Malaysia all sorts are edible (cow, bermuda, pearl...etc). Opuntia pads are not meant for regular food. It is succulents, may be twice a week is sufficient. You may consider Mazuri too.

Back to your question, inactive can be many reasons. Most case hatchlings inactive are due to the shop/breeder you purchase from does not house them in proper way. Example mix other type together in one enclosure. This is a No-No. Potentially they can cross affect different parasites that each type tortoise carry and naturally each has different immune system to fight against. All you can do is, to ensure soak it twice a day with warm water for about 15-20mins.

Day or noon time, best to let him wander around outside enclosure if you have. Preferably on a grassland with a shelter. I do know there are many reptiles veterinarian at peninsular side. It is normal hatchling does not possess habit of grass grazing till they grow to about size >4". Perhaps try prepare a meal, with chopped grass, leaves, vegetables. Hatchling will munch them like a buffet meal.   

Given a choice, do not buy from oversea. Domestically is ok, some do provide guarantee upon you receive them. Try join the facebook group "Tortoises Group of Malaysia", you get the chance to meet M'sian breeder and seller.

Hehe you pay what you get. 

Same as u. Leopard, already 5yrs.

hello fellow terrapin/turtle owner

i'm quite new in the hobby so i might come in from time to time for advices (hope u guys can bear with newbies).

recently i got myself a baby RES from LFS. well.. u know those small RES usually being sold. yes i did my part for some research and getting myself ready for the commitment in hope my RES could have better days in his/her (i dont know the gender ) future life.

a little starter question tho that i might need some inputs from the experienced keeper:

1) i got provide UVB light but my RES seems not interested to bask under it. just once a while. it prefer to stay half body under water and half out. sometimes climb other rock on the other side of the enclosure for rest and get dry, but not under the UVB light. how can I encourage it to bask there? should i be worried?

2) the baby RES hardly taking his greens. provided with fresh salad at all time been made available for it. pellets as staple diet which he's eating okay but not as much. he likes the canned worms and brine a lot (he'll eat a lot when given these). provided once or twice a week only as treats. is this normal? will it cause problem in his health?

3) i got the calcium (no D3) powder thing. how the way i could provide this to him? he's rarely touch salad and the pellets, he only eat after soaked and become soft. he wont eat while it's still hard. can please suggest to me on what should i sprinkle the calcium so he will eat and get enough calcium in his diet? or should i feed something else? the brine everyday? please recommend.

heh, that's all for now and more to come definitely. hahaha!

thanks in advance

The size is about 1.5in only. Still small. Dun want him get into unhealthy state at his age tho. I'll be damned.

Any suggestion on "teaching proper diet" for his age?

Yes. Canned worms (bloodworms) and brine (brine shrimps) hv high protein so i try not to make it as staple diet. Read it before not to make these as main food. But i also read that baby RES are more towards carnivorous until at certain age, they'll switch to be more vegetarian later.

But at his age now, especially if i hv to provide calcium supplement, what can i give him so he can eat "normally" everyday so i can sprinkle the calcium on it?

Currently i only feed pellets (2-3 pellets everyday and that's only amount he will touch). Is this normal too? But his appetite will be like eating machine when give brine shrimps/bloodworms and i thought too often of these is not good for him, no?

It's ok mate. Any input from anyone will be highly appreciated.

I did tried mix the bloodworms and vege, but my RES so smart, he just take the worms and leave the salad untouched. Maybe a bite, but he'll carefully pull those worms out from the mix on the next bites. zzzz...

Oh, hope ur leopard get well soon too.

But be warned that what i breed are all illegal stuff ( can't provide paper ) , better to buy from west as those are mostly " imported " or bred locally with papers .

I only do the breeding because - my tortoise / turtle are big/old enough , I like this hobby , I like the challenges in trying to reproduce from them .

Downsizing since a few unhappy incident over the last few years .

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Blond leopard that I bred .
Cheers

Future yniphora hatchling....can booking ah?   

Keep it simple, and easy. Only when its hatchling need to be extra care. Otherwise...they are just your lawn mover. 

I am releasing them cheaper than a super grade radiated tortoise or an albino leopard tortoise or albino sulcata or maybe a Galapagos tortoise !

But I did sell a few to a couple of good friends at way below what I usually sell .

Cheers

I will fly straight to EM, once it pops out from the hatchling egg.   

Malaysia Boleh..

Wattage does not matter. It depends what height you put the bulb above from the basking area. 35W or 100W also can. Example, 35W you will need to place closer, and 100W can be placed higher.