Hi everybody, just wanted to say hi and introduce Baxter , my baby Sulcata. I have had since may 5 and he is growing like a weed. I do not know his hatch date , but it wa this spring. I didn’t start weighing him until June 6, he was 76g
June 12. 86g
June 15. 90g
June 18. 96g
He seems to be growing every day, I give him daily soaks and he is outside for a couple of hours a day in the hot , humid , Alabama air. I am feeding him a lot of variety of greens, grass, weeds, Mazuri, etc
I really am enjoying him and learning all about these amazing animals. I have always had a love for turtles and tortoises, from my childhood days catching sliders and painted turtles in the Tennessee river, to rescuing hundreds of eastern box turtles from the rural highways of southern Tennessee, as a side note: there really is a lot of variance in the coloration of these eastern box turtles, some of them are really orange and some really yellow. Any way here are some pics of Baxter and his outdoor enclosure. At this time I am only letting him out in the afternoon in the shade.
Thanks to everyone here, whose knowledge and expertise in the care of these animals is priceless to those of us who come into this not knowing what is the right thing to do , but really do want to give our babies the best life we can .
June 12. 86g
June 15. 90g
June 18. 96g
He seems to be growing every day, I give him daily soaks and he is outside for a couple of hours a day in the hot , humid , Alabama air. I am feeding him a lot of variety of greens, grass, weeds, Mazuri, etc
I really am enjoying him and learning all about these amazing animals. I have always had a love for turtles and tortoises, from my childhood days catching sliders and painted turtles in the Tennessee river, to rescuing hundreds of eastern box turtles from the rural highways of southern Tennessee, as a side note: there really is a lot of variance in the coloration of these eastern box turtles, some of them are really orange and some really yellow. Any way here are some pics of Baxter and his outdoor enclosure. At this time I am only letting him out in the afternoon in the shade.
Thanks to everyone here, whose knowledge and expertise in the care of these animals is priceless to those of us who come into this not knowing what is the right thing to do , but really do want to give our babies the best life we can .