Recent content by Minty82

Couple pictures of his enclosure

Good evening, everyone! Back in 2019, I re-homed a 10-year-old male Sulcata weighing about 5.4kg. It’s been a few years now, and I’m happy to share that Stuart (formerly known as Freddie) has made significant progress despite a few challenges along the way. Stuart now weighs 14kg, but his...

10 years old**

Good Afternoon I took in a undersized male couple of years ago, apparently 10ths old (size of 5yr old) Went over all treatment with the vet, around £6k in vet bills , nothing found so it’s been put down to poor care. Happy to share report. Since then he has gone strength to strength very...

I have been using one in between two 150w floods to increase basking spot for a stunted sulcata i rehomed over a year ago. Made massive improvements and very active in the U.K. winter , but truthfully this could be because I built a new insulated shed. That said I do see him favouring it

I let mine have access all year round, tried to adapt many sheds never works, now i purpose build my sheds, keep them low profile and insulate the cavity’s with 50mm kind span. floor, walls and roof, lined with 18mm ply. to heat I use tubular heater for night temps, day basking bulb on...

I managed to get him into our vet last week , he has low white blood cell count going for a CT scan tomorrow. Cannot seem to find much information regarding cell count but possibly linked to MBD?

it’s one of the best databases around in my opinion , I downloaded the mobile app cannot do without it

I use habistat dimming thermostat on my day basking bulbs attached to a on/off plug for light cycle

I had a look on sulcatafood.com , they do a dwarf elephant grass that I would not mind getting but cannot find it in the U.K.

add a tubular heater you can get them with built in thermostats , a lot of people on here seem to use radiant heat panels but not been able to find them in the UK

I have basking lamps in my sheds with tubular heaters for ambient heat. mine will roam in all weathers then return back to the shed

I have been speaking to John at Arcadia, they are still in use, I am finding a lot of reptile equipment is out of stock maybe people bought Thermostats , and basking bulbs along side toilet roll at the start of COVID.

Little update: been a couple of weeks , confirmed as a male. Weighed Freddie when I got him came in at 3.6kg just under 8 lbs really stunted for an apparent 10 year old sulcata. Shell is in pretty good condition , he can now lift his plastron fully off the ground walking is a lot better...

are you still using the DHP, would like to hear your thoughts. I am also thinking about using one alongside 12% UV light