I have moved my two, 3y/o Sulcatas to their outdoor enclosure and are getting their heated night boxes ready for cooler temps in Central TX. I’m using your nightbox plan, Tom.
Do Sulcatas hibernate or Brumate once outside? For 3 years they were inside and didn’t act any different activity-wise...
Live in Central TX and we have hard water. My sulcatas are in their outdoor enclosure with Misters on around the perimeter of their enclosure. I thought they were just fading from the heat and sun we’ve been experiencing. But I think the fading is from the hard water build up on their shell...
Are Sulcata considered fruit eaters? Or just offer fruit sparingly? Thought I’d plant a mulberry tree in enclosure but was worried about the berries dropping off and them eating them. Or should I plant fruitless mulberry and only give them the leaves?
Is it permissible to spray Amdro Quick Kill Outdoor Insect Killer on the ground of our new enclosure and then cover it with topsoil. We won’t be putting the tortoises out there for at least a week. It will dissipate by that time I would imagine. But don’t want torts getting bitten by bugs. Let...
Need to give my tort cephalexin injections for upper respiratory infection. Looked easy at vet but now at home not so sure. Vet said to rotate legs but not sure exactly where to inject or how to get tort to cooperate and be held properly so I don’t hurt him. Suggestions, please.
Tucker, 2 1/2 year old male sulfate is making a whistling sound when he breathes. I heard it this morning and saw him puffing out his neck and making this noise. I haven’t heard this before and of course I’m worried might be an upper respiratory infection. He’s been soaking, defecating and...
2y/o female pushing out her rectum?? Uterus?? Pink organ with a protuberance in each side. Is passing stool when soaking, but not as much as usual. Still eating. I’m concerned.