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Thanks a lot Tom !!!!

Thank you so much !! "looking at the ends of the anal scutes, which on a female would be either straight down or curving in. On a male the ends would be growing away from each other. I'm also looking at the seam between the anal and femoral scutes. On a female the seam dips down at about the...

I've got loads of questions on the signs that might tell what the gender is in the future. Of course I know nothing's really conclusive, but I just wanna know what signs he's looking at. Aside from the few comments on threads he has

Thanks a lot !!!! I've never been to a forum more helpful than this. Happy New Year everyone !!

Yeahh but it's really difficult to make the baby sulcata eat grass or hay. any greens with a bit of hay, even with just a sprinkle, he wouldn't touch. So for the meantime, the staple food are fresh leaves of jute, moringa, hibiscus leaves, a bit of spinach, pellets (twice a week).

Good day! Here in the PH, we have a lot of Saluyot (Jute leaves, Jute Mallow, Nalta Jute). Aside from Hibiscus leaves, Moringa Leaves, a bit of water spinach, bits and pieces of timothy hay, and Reptile King Ultima pellets, jute leaves are a staple in my sulcata tortoise's diet. With all that...

Good day! I live in Manila, PH, and I was wondering if this is signs of pyramiding? Also I keep this sulcata tortoise in an outdoor enclosure. I was wondering if I should still install a UVB lighting when the days are mostly cloudy. Daytime temps here's around 28C-33C, night time temp is 25C-28C.

So, I am a student, still living with my parents here in the Philippines, around (30-35 degrees celsius in the day, 25-29 celsius at night) and they adamantly told me that the baby Sulcata Tortoise I will adapt next month (Dec. 2023) will not be allowed to stay indoors, coz they have this...