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    Underwater Sulcata!?

    Awesome!! Thanks so much! It’s coming along NICELY - better than I expected! I’ll post some pictures before I finish if there’s anything I’m missing or hazards I haven’t noticed! Thanks again so much for your help. I feel so much better now knowing what I know thanks to you. Tortoisaurus has to...
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    Underwater Sulcata!?

    Thank you! This really helps me feel much better. She is actually probably 13 months, as I joined last august and she was a hatchling. But only 500 grams! Earlier on she was gaining weight MUCH too fast and started getting fat, and thanks to your post I really started to limit how much and WHAT...
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    Underwater Sulcata!?

    I’m not going to take your insult to heart - as you’re going to be sleeping with your tortoise and starving to death if your wife doesn’t cook your food for you… 🙄😒
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    Underwater Sulcata!?

    Thank you for your reply. I have spent a lot of time researching how to care for her; including this article as it was one of the first recommendations when I came to the forum a year ago. I learned a LOT and take much care to see to it that she eats an appropriate diet, and maintains proper...
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    Underwater Sulcata!?

    Thank you all very much. With all of the gopher tortoises living here naturally that burrow the same way, I assumed she’d have the same instincts to retreat to higher ground in the rain. I am going to put up a cover, but that will hider her sun exposure as well… but now she’s reached a point...
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    Underwater Sulcata!?

    I completely agree! I mean here anywhere COULD flood but as you can see I’ve provided a space with the brick high enough where even during the worst of flooding is high enough combined with an INCREDIBLY thirsty tree and surrounding ferns and banana trees that suck up tons of water quickly- so...
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    Underwater Sulcata!?

    Hello! I hope I’m doing this correctly, and not rehashing something already discussed. I live in the Tampa area of Florida. We have a 15 month old Sulcata named Tortoisaurus who is living her very best life in her outdoor natural enclosure. She has a burrow she dug for herself that I simply...
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    For Those Who Have a Young Sulcata...

    Do they know which weeds/grass to eat or not to eat? That’s been my biggest worry. I know we haven’t used pesticides/fertilizer, and we keep the run far enough from neighbors to know that their potential hazards won’t soak in that far…. The Bermuda grass is the norm around here but I worry about...
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    The Best Way To Raise A Sulcata, Leopard, Or Star Tortoise

    Thank you so, so much for this! It’s so ice to have real, correct info all in one spot. Trying to find the right info simply by googling can give so many mixed messages I was starting to go crazy. I didn’t expect to fall so in love with this little bugger… but I did, and am so grateful to have...
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    Hello from Tampa!

    Thank you! I sure do like it here much better than MN, where we grew up! I always wanted a tortoise, but knew we couldn’t provide well in that type of weather. So glad to be in sunny FL!
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    Hello from Tampa!

    Thank you! Jamaica - I’ve never been but would love to visit someday!
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    Hello from Tampa!

    Thank you! I feel silly even asking but it’s been about 12 years since I’ve used a similar type of platform and I forgot the etiquette a bit! :)
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    Hello from Tampa!

    Thank you so much Lyn!! This is so incredibly helpful right to have at my fingertips! Luckily being in Florida and it being humid/rainy season it’s allowed me to have a few different housing options; one covered run outside with both sun and shade options, and a smaller one for indoors if it’s...
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    Hello from Tampa!

    Hi everyone! We’re in Tampa and recently got our first sulcata hatchling, Tortoisaurus. I’m learning a lot here and look forward to getting to know everyone (and how to navigate the forum!!) I never know if I’m supposed to start a new thread and risk double-posting, or to jump into another...
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