Hi, my little sisters friend found this hatchling tortoise and thought it was a gopher tortoise. Just confirming that it's a sulcata. Looks like one to me based off the scute pattern and spikes on the front legs.
Thanks!
Hi everyone, I recently rescued a hatchling yellow bellied slider. Someone had found it in an apartment that was getting renovated and was giving it away on Facebook. I have experience with adults, but I have never had one this small or with a URI. His right eye is shut and he does gape a...
A local pet photographer that did some amazing pictures of my 2 border collies, offered to do a free photo shoot for my torts a couple months ago (just because they are interesting and it would expand her portfolio)and she sent me a few to show me how they turned out! Boy am I pleased! She did...
I have an approx. 50 lb Sulcata that ended up staying in my home last winter because i just couldn't get his box warm enough. I've redesigned the box this year similar to Tom's designs and i am just wondering where y'all have found the best deals on the oil filled heaters? And which brand/style...
So I've gone a bit crazy with rescuing cats... I took in a litter of 4 that I found at my work a couple weeks ago. I then took in a cat that was pregnant that has now given birth to 4 more adorable little fur balls. I'm not usually a cat person, bit I can't let them suffer either. Not to mention...
I saw the tread that someone made when they made their own grass baler. I tried to find some blueprints online, but couldn't. I did find something very simple and inexpensive! Take a cardboard box, a piece of plywood cut to the size of the opening of the box and string! It works really well.
I went outside long enough to turn the hose off (left the door open) and I turned around and Bowser, my 50+ lb tortoise was going through my back door. He nonchalantly walked through the dining room and into the living room where everyone was sitting and just hung out with us. I have him a...
I have an approx. 50lb sully that stayed in my room last winter because I didn't have time to build him a shelter. If anyone has any suggestions on what would do well for him. I'm looking for anything low budget... I just took on 2 stray kittens and am in the middle of getting their shots and...
I live in SE Georgia, and we are about to have an ice storm come through. I was just wondering, in the case of a several day long power outage, how will I keep my 2 sulcatas warm??? I'm really worried. :(
Well, tonight is the first really cold night we've had here in SE Georgia. checked the temps in bowser's outside house and its only going up to 62 in his house. :( So he's spending the night in the house. (Thank God I have large dogs. Large dogs = large crates) Got him set up in the largest dog...
I would just like to know what kind of bulb and what wattage everyone uses for their big guys outside during winter. I have a 100 w heat (red) bulb right now, but I feel like it's not keeping him warm enough.
My 35 lb sulcata, Bowser, has dug a sizable burrow and I need him to come out so I can cover it for winter. Does anyone know a way to entice a sully out? It wouldn't bother me so much, but its going pretty low this week and he needs to be in his heated house. I know he's not dead in there...
For the past week Bowser has had a small (and oh do I mean small) burrow. It was just big enough for about half of him to fit in. Well, I came home from work today and went outside to check on him and give him a snack. All I saw was a good sized pile of freshly dug up dirt. I looked where his...
I am the proud owner of 2 sulcatas. I have Chomper who is about a year old and still inside, I also have Bowser, who I think is about 10-20 years old and lives outside. I live in southeastern GA and we've been getting hit with some pretty bad storms for the past week. I just wanted to know what...
I just came across this craigslist ad and I am shocked that they call these torts "healthy". I would take them in, but I neither the funds nor the space for 2 more sulcatas. I already have a 34 lb male and a baby. :( If anyone near the area can afford to save these babies please do...
Well, I finally managed to get a weight and measurement on Bowser. I used the bucket method and it worked perfectly. He only weighs 34.4 lbs. He feels much heavier than that! I lift a 50lb bag of dog food every other week and he feels about that weight. XD His plastron is 17" long.
He's...
Attempted to weigh my new tortoise today and I feel like it was a complete failure. I used a household bathroom scale and set him on it. The first problem I ran into was him trying to walk off. So I put my hand in front of his face, it seemed to slow him down for a second. But the scale only...
A friend of mine is looking into getting a bearded dragon. We live in Southeast Georgia. I was just wondering if any of y'all knew of a good website to go to that ships and the animals are healthy. Or if you know of a shop anywhere that sells them.