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My sulcata is 16" long and 21lbs. What is the minimum temperature he can be outside? I live in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, so most of the year it is too cold.

Our summer so far has been rainy and cold, too cold for our little sulcata to have spent much time outside. What should the temps be for the big guy at the minimum? What's the minimum temp his dog house should be at during the day? He goes back indoors at night or if it is windy or completely...

I am cleaning up an area in my yard where the dogs won't be able to access, to turn into a bigger tort pen. The area used to have pea gravel for a dog run, and although it has been removed, there is still quite a bit under the grass. I've been scraping and raking it for an hour but I feel like...

I rescued a young Sulcata late 2011 who was kept in bad conditions prior to coming to me... spruce wood shavings, iceburg lettuce, cat food, and no soaks. His pyramiding was obvious when I got him and I quickly put him in a high humidity enclosure. Despite my research it's only now that I'm...

I recently lined a cement room with pond liner and turned it into an enclosure for our growing rescued Sulcata. His space is 10'x6'. We're in Edmonton Alberta so although he goes outside on days that the weather is good, he is stuck indoors for much of the year. Keeping that in mind, what is the...

Where can I buy the pig heat mats in Canada?

Hi everyone, Koopa the Sulcata has outgrown his enclosure (of course) and I am turning a room in our heated garage into a new enclosure for the winter. It is 7'x7'. It has a cement floor that is painted with stuff made especially for garage floors. I am mostly curious about what to use for...

Hey everyone, So I've been using a mix of sand and peat moss for my two Sully's, but the peat moss is WAY too dusty. I spray it down daily and it's fine in the little guys tank since it's so humid, but even after being sprayed in the big guys cage, it is too dusty. After a day or two every...

Hey guys, So, my roommate gave my tortoises corn today. Just a tiny bit... the 1.5 year old had a small spoon full and the 17lbs guy had about a table spoon. I know it is bad for them, she has strict instructions to NEVER FEED THEM AGAIN. I am soooo paranoid that it is going to ferment in...

So I asked about Rabbit Pellets in another thread but wanted to get more specific here. My torts usually eat grass and weeds but since it's winter I would like to make sure I am doing everything as best I can. Last winter Koopa ate mostly timothy hay and greens from the store, but he also got...

Hey guys, It is the time of the year where my unimpressed Sully's have been brought inside and won't be able to have yard grown weeds and grass anymore. I was hoping to get your opinion on a few things. First, Timothy Hay rabbit pellets. Specifically, Martins Rabbit Pellets. These are the...

You might remember this thread http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Tortoise-in-distress-at-Canadian-Zoo-PICTURES#axzz1b4hFZyMu about a tortoise we have been trying to get removed from a zoo that is in the process of being shut down, an effort spearheaded by a group I am president of...

What has to be done to house Sulcatas together and how close in size do they have to be? I imagine that my guys differ to much in size right now, but once Goomba is bigger I'd like to house them in one large area. This is the size difference right now:

I've already introduced Koopa here ( http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Introducing-Koopa-The-best-day-of-his-life-3#axzz1aXu9teiB ) , but here is Goomba making his debut. I only have a mobile to take pictures with right now so they're not the greatest. I rescued him in the summer but it was...

I took my 17lbs Sully to the ravine the other day for a picnic with my friends. We all collectively kept a very close eye on him when he wasn't in his pen. He plodded around through the woods, munching on dandelions (he didn't seem to want to eat anything else but those and grass) and digging in...

Soooo, I wasn't being very observant and didn't realize that this thread: http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Aldabra-Hugging-Thread ...was dedicated to Aldabra's only! Being ignorant of that fact, I went ahead and took some tortoise hugging pictures... but I'm hugging Koopa the Sulcata...

Hi everyone, I have been involved in the fight to have a zoo in Alberta, Canada shut down due to their poor animal welfare standards for years. They are finally being shut down (though are fighting it in court at the moment) but are still operating as a zoo during the court proceedings...

Hi everyone, My name is Devon and I am the caretaker of two Sulcatas. They were both rescues, given to me due to their prior owners not realizing how big they got. Both had started to pyramid and the owners were not prepared to provide proper care. Unfortunately I do not living in the...