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Hey everyone,
He's finally here, my sulcata tortoise! I've been doing years of research on this species because I've always wanted one, but thankfully I didn't proceed with the purchase after until I joined this website and learned the correct way to care for them. Here he is guys, meet Alfie!
Sorry about the crappy pictures and bad angles, never knew it'd be hard to take pictures of the inside of humid enclosure haha. He's from @Lancecham on this forum, really satisfied with what I received. Thanks again, Lance.
Props to whoever recommended a humid hide on my other thread, he has used it about six or so times already and he's only been with me for a few hours!
I'm concerned about a few things, hopefully someone experienced can help me.
1) He doesn't seem to be interested in his food, but I've caught him nibbling on his salad a few times. All he seems to care about is exploring right now, when should I expect him to start devouring his entire plate? He's been nibbling lightly on his cuttle bone and timothy hay that I left in there, something that I heard is rare for tortoises to do, so hopefully that's a good thing.
2) He seems to want to escape through the grassy background of the aquarium and has been trying since he got here. Should I be worried about it?
Again, sorry for the bad pictures... I'll get better pictures and videos once he settles in.
He's finally here, my sulcata tortoise! I've been doing years of research on this species because I've always wanted one, but thankfully I didn't proceed with the purchase after until I joined this website and learned the correct way to care for them. Here he is guys, meet Alfie!
Sorry about the crappy pictures and bad angles, never knew it'd be hard to take pictures of the inside of humid enclosure haha. He's from @Lancecham on this forum, really satisfied with what I received. Thanks again, Lance.
Props to whoever recommended a humid hide on my other thread, he has used it about six or so times already and he's only been with me for a few hours!
I'm concerned about a few things, hopefully someone experienced can help me.
1) He doesn't seem to be interested in his food, but I've caught him nibbling on his salad a few times. All he seems to care about is exploring right now, when should I expect him to start devouring his entire plate? He's been nibbling lightly on his cuttle bone and timothy hay that I left in there, something that I heard is rare for tortoises to do, so hopefully that's a good thing.
2) He seems to want to escape through the grassy background of the aquarium and has been trying since he got here. Should I be worried about it?
Again, sorry for the bad pictures... I'll get better pictures and videos once he settles in.