what are some good foods to feed him? he eats romain, lettuces with the occasional vegetables . anything else i should add ? maybe some mazuri diet?Nothing abnormal there. Probably starting to shed skin.
All animals shed skin. Snakes do it tidily all in one go. Humans do it in tiny bits that become house dust. Tortoises do it in patches and look downright tatty at times.
It needs no potions. Leave it alone and the old skin will rub off as your tort goes about its business
what are some good foods to feed him? he eats romain, lettuces with the occasional vegetables . anything else i should add ? maybe some mazuri diet?
thank you so much! also, my tortoise hasn’t grown much and he’s a few years old. he has all the signs of a healthy tortoise and he is active and loves his baths lol . i’ve read some just take a while to grow. do you think he’s just taking his sweet time growing?Give these a read, especially the middle links-
How To Raise A Healthy Sulcata Or Leopard, Version 2.0 https://tortoiseforum.org/index.php?threads/How-To-Raise-A-Healthy-Sulcata-Or-Leopard,-Version-2.0.79895/
For Those Who Have a Young Sulcata... https://tortoiseforum.org/index.php?threads/For-Those-Who-Have-a-Young-Sulcata....76744/
Beginner Mistakes https://tortoiseforum.org/index.php?threads/Beginner-Mistakes.45180/
Your tortoise should be eating mostly weeds from outside with very little grocery store foods, or high fiber grocery store foods like endive, escarole, arugula, chicory, and radicchio as staples with pellets like zoo med’s grassland tortoise food or mazuri tortoise diet. Romain and other lettuces should not be fed often because of their low fiber and high water content.
thank you so much! also, my tortoise hasn’t grown much and he’s a few years old. he has all the signs of a healthy tortoise and he is active and loves his baths lol . i’ve read some just take a while to grow. do you think he’s just taking his sweet time growing?
thank you so much! also, my tortoise hasn’t grown much and he’s a few years old. he has all the signs of a healthy tortoise and he is active and loves his baths lol . i’ve read some just take a while to grow. do you think he’s just taking his sweet time growing?
i’ve had him 2 years . got him as a hatchling . turns out it’s not mites , just some dry skin ! i’ve started giving him daily warm baths and more grass . hopefully he will thrive more this way .That sulcata looks just MONTHS old. How long have you had the tort? Definitely doesn’t look years old.
he’s very active and happy. i read in here that some sulcatas simply don’t grow as fast and will hit a growth spurt later on in their life.im starting feeding him daily now . we’ve recently moved and he was not being fed as much. but i’m going to stay feeding him daily and get cuttle bone to keep in his habitat for some more calcium. also adding calcium spray in his food 2-3 times a week.View attachment 277907
I agree with Katie as that's either the wrong age or it's not growing well for a 2 yr old Sulcata. My leopard is barely a year and he's at least a third the size larger.Wow that is tiny for a 2year old sulcata, it looks like a hatchling. How often were you feeding? You should be feeding as much as it wants to eat, multiple times per day. Have you read the sulcata care sheets? Please do.
Did the dots go away? Were you able to rub them off?i’ve had him 2 years . got him as a hatchling . turns out it’s not mites , just some dry skin ! i’ve started giving him daily warm baths and more grass . hopefully he will thrive more this way .
not yet but some have. i’m starting to feed him zoomed grassland diet and adding cuttle bone and taking him outside. truly i think his size was from me not giving him what he needed. i’m now FULLY committing to him. hopefully we will see some growth.Did the dots go away? Were you able to rub them off?