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No need to be argumentative. I was talking about MY tortoise and HIS pyramiding. I reread my post and it's overwhelmingly obvious what I was referring to. I'm certainly not blind and can see this photo for myself, and it's very clear that there is much more wrong than pyramiding. I feel...

Yes, I'm very proud of him! He's a tough little dude that has made himself strong and healthy. He can get as big as he wants, the bigger the better! We have plenty of space and love for him. We made his house "night box" big enough to accommodate him for a lifetime. We enlarged his enclosure...

It IS always curious to me how people keep large, outdoor tortoises anywhere colder than where we live. Even here in Northern Florida, it's a bit stressful trying to meet the needs of our ONE Sulcata, and keep him warm and healthy outdoors.

Thanks for easing my mind about that. I have never seen a rat, in the 16 years we've lived here. Since we have woods, not saying they don't exist, just never seen them. That was my main concern after seeing photos here of torts that have been chewed on. We have completely eliminated fire...

This is so true! Even prior to finding this forum and being VERY ignorant of proper care, I was able to find that out. Within ten minutes of bringing Tortimer home, I knew he had pyramiding and had been improperly cared for. I initially plucked him off a dirt road because I thought he was...

Thank you, Tom! We've been around 80 daytime temps this past week. Back to normal, thankfully. When/if winter returns, I'll crank up his night time heat on those nights. We don't typically have days in the 60's during our short winter, however we do have some days in the 70's. During the...

Thanks! I agree that it's good to know for sure. I'm happy he's a boy since we've thought of him as a boy since early on. @Tom called it right - somehow - when we first got him and were assuming he as a girl. Just based on his looks and personality description at that time. It's extremely...

💔 💔💔💔💔 Whoever did that should serve jail time!

It's a BOY! Tortimer has confirmed his male status by showing off what is clearly a tort penis, pretty much daily for the past five days or so. Thankfully, I was familiar with what it looks like from other posts here, otherwise I would have thought he was losing some of his insides. He has...

Oh geez, I've been keeping Tortimer's house at 80 degrees! I don't know why I had that in my head. I'll crank it up to 85. He loves his house and goes in there voluntarily all the time. I thought it was going to be a battle, but it wasn't at all. He doesn't have a clear door yet, just a very...

I've been praying for you. 🙏 I know not everyone believes in prayer, but I do, so that's the very best I feel I can do to help. I know it's hard on both you and Jackie. Be there for each other. Grieve hard, let yourself be sad and cry. Then you'll be able to move on healthier. ❤️💔 And never...

So, looks like the burrow is staying. How do you guys protect your torts while sleeping in burrows in the summer months? I had a cage on it, so he could come up and have a couple square feet of ground, if he happened to wake before we took it off. It was rodent proof, but he could see out it...

I'm so very sorry for you and Jack's loss. 😢 Take care of yourself. You and your family gave Daisy a long, wonderful life.

Should I just permanently remove my sully's burrow? Like just fill it in and block the area until he gets used to it? Can they be happy without a burrow? We have made his enclosure much larger, something we hadn't planned to do until next year. He has now moved up from 12' x 24' to a 24' x 44'...

On 11/13/22 Tortimer weighed 8 lb 13 oz. Seems like a small gain for a month. I'm going to weigh him again tomorrow. I thought the tare seemed off when the cardboard box was almost 1.5lbs. Could be correct, we'll see.

Welcome! I'm very glad, for Mikey's sake, that you found this forum while he is still a baby. I'm curious if the pet store told you how big he will get, and how quickly? That's just my own curiosity asking. :) No reason other than that. It doesn't surprise me that they gave you the wrong care...

"Tropical species like sulcatas, red foots, and star tortoises for example, do NOT brumate. Leaving one of these outside without a temperature controlled shelter during a North American winter is cruel and often fatal if temps drop low enough for long enough. You can get away with it in some...

Somehow, this one has been hitting us hard. When Ian (cat 4? I can't remember) hit, just south of us, and on the gulf side, that we're not far from ..... just an occasional sprinkle. This one hit pretty far away, the entire width of the state, on the Atlantic side. Not even sure it ever even...

Extrovert - Sulacata, at least mine. He enjoys being around people and is quite nosy and wants to be inluded. The only other Sulcata I know would definitely fall under "Chill Guy."

He's probably a boy. I only say that because it seems like there are so few female torts on here that are pets. Mostly only the breeders have females. I don't know why. Or you could go with something like Jamie, that could go either way. :) He looks like a "Hoss" to me because of the saddle...