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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'...

First thing this morning, an hour earlier than usual, Tortimer was at the edge of his burrow. I let him sleep in there last night, his location of choice, because it was only going down to 70 degrees. It appeared that he was struggling to get out, so I went outside to get him, thinking he had...

For reasons I won't go into, our nightbox is not yet complete. We are having a serious cold spell here in Northern Florida. I mean VERY cold, even during the day today it only went up o 70, overnight was 40. These are unheard of temperatures this time of year, so caught us off guard. Anyway, I...

Today I covered my Sulcata's burrow with half sheet of 3/4" plywood. It was very heavy! I had him out for a long adventure, then put him back in his enclosure to go do a few things. Maybe 20 minutes later I went out to get him to bring him in for the night and he was moving that heavy plywood...

The first photo I took as soon as our sulcata came out of his den to me, this afternoon. I immediately noticed white stuff on his leg. He had already been soaked earlier today, but I took him over to his pool to clean him off and get a better look. I had my husband hold him to take some...

Any thoughts on this heater for a night box? Assume it's free, so don't consider the cost vs. oil filled. Thanks.

We have two kinds of weeds coming up in mass in an area that we cleared for our son's home. Our tortoise (Sulcata) wants desperately to eat them both. I've been researching and can't find anything about the safety of letting him chow down on these. I'm 98% sure that these are richardia...

Today, I was taking a picture of my sweet boy as he emerged from his burrow to hang out with me. He answers to "Here kitty, kitty, kitty" because I did that when we first got him and it stuck. I know our experts will tell me that he has ulterior motives for coming to me, but I'm never going to...

Does anyone have an Excel sheet for keeping track of my tortoise's growth, that they could share on Google docs? If not, I'll have my daughter make one and I'll share a link for it. She's very busy though, so I didn't want to ask her if there is already one available. American or metric is...

I was just reading on another thread that baby Sulcatas are more fragile than other tortoises, or harder to start. I was intrigued by this comment, but since that thread is about their specific babies, I thought I would start a new one for this question. I had always assumed that they were...

I REALLY need to understand about growth and pyramiding. I know this topic has been done to death on this forum. I have been reading all morning. LOTS of the posts I've read, even from users I have unwavering trust for, are close to, or more than, a decade old. I know information has changed...

Sorry, kids, I know I just posted another thread, but didn't want to put this on the same subject line. As I've mentioned before, I've wanted a tortoise my entire life but I always assumed it would be a very one sided relationship. While I enjoy all turtles and tortoises very much, I thought...

We got back from vacation yesterday, and our pet sitter wasn't comfortable doing soaks, so I gave our sully, Tortimer a good soak before we left last Wednesday and a total health check when we got back yesterday, followed by lots of love and a long soak. Anyway, we've had him just under six...

Hopefully these are the last two questions I have for awhile. First, why is my boy head bobbing all of a sudden? I can see him from the back window, where we have his enclosure now. I look out there to check on him all the time and yesterday, several times, he was sitting with his front out of...

This beautiful Sulcata is Connie, although I have no idea if she's a male or female, as she's had that name since she was hatched. That's my granddaughter and husband in the picture with her. Connie is a homeowner who lives next door to my parents. Not an old shack, either. It's a very nice...

Tortimer has been a member of our family 3 weeks today. He's not a beautiful little baby star, he's a very bumpy rough looking big dude, but we couldn't love him any more than we do! He is perfect for us! Anyway, he has gained exactly half a pound in this short time. I was so shocked that I...

I've searched this question and only came up with an instance of this happening when the ground was frozen. This will never be an issue here in Florida. This evening, I went to get Tortimer for his soak. He had dug his burrow so deep that I could no longer see if he was in there. I semi...

Hello, I am a grandmother who live in North Florida, in a very rural area. I've wanted a tortoise my entire life, but as an information junkie, every time I got the itch, I'd start researching. The overwhelming responsibility always scared me away. So, fast forward to last week and we were...