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I think that it is sick but I don’t know how to treat it. What worries me that the area has spread and don’t have very good appetite. I do pickup a little poop every now and then so tells me has to be eating a little. I have touched the darken area on its legs and some scales have came off I...

I hope it’s just stain. I keep the enclosure picked up from poop everyday and soak the tortoise once a day. It just seems like it’s getting worse and it’s appetite doesn’t seem that great. I have another sulcata that’s a little older with an enclosure built same as I have this one in and it...

I use coco coir.

I used a temp gun and substrate is in the 80s. I have a ceramic tile under basking light it temps at 101 doesn’t feel to hot to the touch

No I don’t have an underneath heating pad. The black started out small part but keeps getting bigger

Why is there dark places on my tortoise leg/feet? Is it doing ok? I have it in an enclosed chamber humidity at 86%, basking temp at 101 degrees, cool side is at 82-84 degrees, t5 uv light on 12 hour timer. I soak it for 20 min day in 88-92 degree water, and I have night time heat set at 80...

Hi Tom, I am building a new enclosure for my sulcata. Buliding it 8 foot by 30 inch wide. How tall should it be? Going to put the t5 lights in it. How many do I need and what length do I need? Thanks.

Hey Tom, I need some help on what type of grass seed I need to plant in pots for baby sulcata. Will Kentucky 31, fescue, and the blends of grass with rye grass work? Thanks.

Hey , brian.le02 Do you have any pictures of your enclosure? How did you get rid of the pyramiding?

I’m building a cover to enclose my Sulcata. I have a few questions about the humidity. The substrate I use is cypress mulch and top soil mixed with orchid bark on top. How much water do you add daily to keep rite humidity level? How does the baby Sulcata no get suffocated if it’s a closed up...

Which one of these bulbs are needed for uvb for Baby Sulcata Tortoise and how close does the bulb need to be? I made the mistake of getting the cfl kind so I would like to get it changed but don’t know which uvb size I need. Thanks Arcadia 12% UVB T5 HO Bulb - 22" Arcadia 14% UVB T5 HO Bulb -...

Tom, you say not to use halogen bulbs. Aren’t the flood lights you are using halogen? How close do you have it next to your Sulcatas? Would you send a picture of your Sulcata enclosure? Thanks

I have a Baby Sulcata Tortoise I was just checking if the halogen light at the end of the uvb light will be enough for basking before I buy it? It’s a light from Carolina custom cages and it comes in 20w, 35w, 50w and 75w. Thanks