Recent content by jjgregory

Whats your climate? If possible you could build him a outdoor enclosure with safe guard heat and uv allowing greenhouse ceiling panels and allow him to slow down in the cold. The ojai sulcatta project website has extensive info on creating a outdoor habitat and what temps fall to. My sulcatta...

They have a super slow metabolism so both getting sick and showing signs of illness and also recovrry csn be a long process. The ojai sulcatta project has a great website full of info on this and dave friend the director is also open to share his wealth of knowledge in a phone call. He lists his...

I have no idea why you were thinking he should be hibernated? You can look around here in find a lot of people that can help you with the proper husbandry and habitat to keep this tortoise happy. Personally I feel they can be very dangerous to force a desert animal into hibernation, as well as...

Perhaps you didnt read or understand my post. Of course they dont hibrrnate but if they get TOO cold they are forced into a hibernation state that can kill them. Iguanas also can withstand cold but not too cold. If they get too cold they physically cannot move--even if a heat source is less than...

I'd like to share my experience but ill preface it with that I'm not trying to scare you. I've had a rescue sulcatta for 7 years now. His beloved to me and here in Ohio, housing him in the winter is a real *****. The 1st year I had him, I kept him inside that Winter. It's going to be similar to...

I have 1 large chubby african sulcata (about 65 pounds) named Barry.