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Leopard tortoise walking funny

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Hi
I bought a leopard tortoise that is about a year old and he walks with a rocking motion. Is that normal? His head and legs sway back and forth when he comes out of his shell and when he walks. I've never owned a tortoise before so I don't know what's normal behavior.
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Im hard pressed to envision your tortoises problem without seeing it in action. First make sure the substrate is level or flat for the tortoise to be able to walk around on easily. Watch this for a few days and see if that corrected the problem. In extreme cases vitamin B1 deficiency will cause the tortoise to look " intoxicated" when it walks. Are you providing any supplements to the tortoises diet?
 
It's like a pulsing going out from the shell his head goes in out in out. He doesn't look drunk, he has coconut husk substrate that is level. He's only a year old and I read it could just be him breathing, does that sound right? He has a tortoise catus block and gets fresh greens everyday. soaked every other day and always eliminates
 
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