All the temps have been corrected! Today I heard a strange grinding noise, and I look over into the enclosure to see my tort munching on his cuttlebone then right after he goes over to his food pile and starts putting it down like I’ve never seen! I was definitely getting worked up over...
Hello everyone! I brought home my first Sulcata tortoise a few days ago, he’s approximately 1 month old. He’s pretty shy getting used to his new enclosure, all temps and humidity is correct and he’s getting his warm water soaks and has pooped twice since I got him. I’m feeding him collard...
I forgot to mention that I do use a zoomed under tank heater at night on the warm side and it keeps the temp at 79.3 at night, as for the day time would a smaller under tank heater be appropriate for raising the cool side temp a bit? Since I’m using a power sun light the temps always stay the...
Maybe I am being a little too paranoid since I’ve never raised a tortoise, I’ve just seen too many horror stories online about them. He has been a little more active as the days go by, so I’ll just give him space and try to let him adjust. Thanks for the info!
Hello everyone! I just brought home my first Sulcata 4 days ago, he’s approximately 1 month old. He’s very active and eats but he stays burrowed for most of the day and avoids the basking spot for the most part and when I feed him I have to put him directly in front of the food to get him to eat...