jerankin
New Member
My wife and I adopted a mature male sulcata a couple months ago. His age is reportedly about 50 (previous owners had him for about 20 years) and his current weight is 125 lb. I've lurked in this forum to learn how to house and care for him and he seems to be doing well except we often have trouble getting him to go to bed.
He has an outdoor pen that is about 15' x 30' which has an attached heated house measuring 4' x 4'. If we let him out of the pen to roam the yard (terraced weed covered quarter acre shared with chickens), he will often settle down and go to sleep far from 'home'. I've already built a skateboard for moving him on the road and a sled for loading him into the truck, but I'm looking for a solution to move him in our hilly yard. If he's settled down and has access to his heated house, is it okay to leave him out? Our night time temperatures are in the 50's. I can carry him to his enclosure and he'll always go immediately to his house, but I'm looking for another solution before I hurt him (or myself!)
Here's Rambo-man so you can see how cute he is. Thanks in advance!
He has an outdoor pen that is about 15' x 30' which has an attached heated house measuring 4' x 4'. If we let him out of the pen to roam the yard (terraced weed covered quarter acre shared with chickens), he will often settle down and go to sleep far from 'home'. I've already built a skateboard for moving him on the road and a sled for loading him into the truck, but I'm looking for a solution to move him in our hilly yard. If he's settled down and has access to his heated house, is it okay to leave him out? Our night time temperatures are in the 50's. I can carry him to his enclosure and he'll always go immediately to his house, but I'm looking for another solution before I hurt him (or myself!)
Here's Rambo-man so you can see how cute he is. Thanks in advance!