I built her a new enclosure almost immediately after your comment about it being too wet, started anew with not so sopping wet substrate and the “bumps” on her legs are gone this morning! It looks like some of her skin is shedding under her shell but her legs look fine and her behavior is still...
She’s housed in a 2x4 closed chamber coco coir under orchid bark (it’s bigger chunks though) humidity is 86 (average) and temp is 88 on the hot end 81 on the cool end and her hide (which I put her in every night is 85) the marks sort of line up (she doesn’t stay still for long) where her shell...
I noticed this morning, these bumps(?) on Edisto’s hind legs. She’s very active, eating well (yard weeds, spring mix and endive) and pooping every morning in her daily soak. She hatched around May 5 and is about 86g.
My latest obsession that isn’t this forum (😅) is the tortoise table website. What a gem. I found that day lilies are edible in moderation so I had to try it and that’s a no go for Edisto. Maybe because the flower was bigger than her? Really though, for hatchlings should I skip anything that says...
@Tom i got some orchid bark today to change the substrate. Can I soak it awhile and use on top of new coir or use all bark? How deep should the substrate be? 1-2 inches? I was starting to be worried about the coir- she’s really stained and it sticks to her feet a lot, so I’m happy to be pushed...
This morning she hit 50 grams!! I’ll give us a week of gains then we can celebrate being out of the woods 🙃 I will continue to put her in the hide after lights out for sure. It may come down to blocking her in because the lights in the room are out but there is still light from other rooms of...
Hello again, everyone! I posted in the introductions thread last week and I’m happy to say that I think I have a good system in place now. I love little Edisto so much and after making (A LOT) of changes to her enclosure I think she’s happy too!(?) she’s eating well and even splays out on her...
Thankfully, we do have the space and the means to provide her with a heated shed for the winter. I don’t know what I was thinking but I am very grateful for this forum, and the knowledge you all share. I’m happy to have Edisto in my life, I didn’t realize just how much care they require the...
I have spent the past week reading all the care sheets that told me everything I have been doing for the week prior to discovering this forum has been wrong (I know I’m not the first though!)
Our Edisto (sulcata) was a total impulse buy from a zoo (CRINGE!!!) and everything the person told me...