ricks45
New Member
I have been reading skulking around in the background and reading a lot of threads and learning. I have had a love for giant tortoises since I was a child, but knew that I did not have the time to properly care for one. WELLLL! Now I am retired and decided to pull the trigger and bought two baby Sulcatas from Arizona Sulcata. Austin Clayton was great to work with and answered all my questions promptly. He even gives a 1 year warranty if you send a picture of your enclosure and it is up to his guidelines! I have been researching Sulcatas for awhile now and have found ALOT of conflicting information on the internet. I have also spent literally weeks on here reading threads and decided that you people were the ones that made the most sense in the proper care of the priceless treasures we call tortoises. I spent some time editing the pictures to answer most of the questions that ya'll regularly ask new members. I live in Southwest Louisiana where it is Hot and Humid, just like the Sulcatas like. If anyone has any questions that are not answered in the pictures, just ask! I feed them a variety of greens and grasses and even planted them a tub of tortoise grass mix for more variety. They get soaked regularly. They are from two different clutches that were temperature sexed and just happened to hatch on the same day (Or so I was told) I have had them for six weeks and they have gone from 40 grams to 76grams. I know that there is a possibility that one might bully the other and I watch them close for signs, but they get along great and do almost everything together! I chose their names after watching them for several hours. Dozer(temp sexed male?) doesn't like to go around things, He wants to plow through them. Turbo(temp sexed female?) is always in a hurry, and it amazes me how fast she can go. Without further blabbing from me Meet Dozer and Turbo!