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Thanks again Tom, I appreciate the information, as always. The breeder fed mainly romaine lettuce from what I can gather... obviously not a high nutritious food. I have been mixing it in with collard greens (for calcium) and lawn grass. Does it suffice to feed high calcium veggies in place of...

So, Tom has written extensively about the natural eating habits of sulcatas being grasses, very grateful for that, but I am wondering if there are adverse affects to feeding a primarily veggie diet for the yearlings. I am introducing fresh grass and he will indulge some; however, I'd like to...

Alright, well I'll stick to outside grass! I did plant a variety of flowers, kale etc.. and as soon as they sprouted he was was eating them up!

Oh nice, I never even knew those existed, I'll certainly pick one up

Does it get pretty full sun in the patio?

Ha, yeah that's why I'd like to cut out a section of my lawn and stick it in there... I'm going to give it a shot.

Haha that was great. Let's see the hare try to beat that tortoise!

Ok awesome, I'll be aware of those signs then and give him some space if he starts pouting!!

I was just surprised that it was that fast! I'm in no hurry, he's plenty of fun crawling around on the couch.. won't have much of that when he gets bigger! Oh speaking of ( though I'm straying from the original topic), do sulcatas stress feom handling.. he seems to either like it or not even...

Ok well I wish I'd known you guys before getting one, but I've got him in a very humid environment now and working on getting him on grass and weeds!

Ah ok, that'll take some rearranging! So as long as I'm keeping him wet he should be close to a foot in a year and a half?

Ok great, those nightboxes look easy enough to build, that's nice! When you said bite the bullet and build a 4x8, were you talking about for outside?

Oh yeah it does! What do you do in the winter months as far as time outside and uv exposure for your sulcatas?

Oh I see, that makes a lot of sense thank you. I do use my infrared temp gun all the time for sure, so I will try those suggestions! I live in the San Fernando valley.

Alright, so I would like to build an area for Bilbo to hang out outside some throughout the day (I was looking at Toms pictures) and am having trouble figuring out how to make sure he has an adequate cool area. It's been closer to 100 outside and I can't imagine a shaded area would provide a...

I've wanted to visit the Philippines for so long! Welcome to the forum.

Welcome and I hope you post some photos of your red foot!

Hi Tatiana, beautiful red foot, I've always thought those guys were neat! Welcome.

well I'll probably just grab a kiddie pool and give him his own yard!

Ok very good, I will. My lawn is quite thick and I don't often get any weeds.. it is less than 500 sq ft, so not hard to manage. What is the protocol for tortoises when using nitrogen for the lawn?