My Sulcata was 2 in June. He has been outside all summer in his grass run where temps have reached 40 some days. Now the temps are more civilised and down to 30 during the day . What I would like to know is, what are the lowest night temperatures I can leave him outside. We have no rain. I...
My Sulcata is now 14 months old. He spends most of the day, from 11am til 6pm in an outside pen. At night he's in his closed chamber. When I first put him outside, he more or less stopped eating with the change of surroundings and it was several weeks before he'd eat any amount of food again...
My young Sulcata is 10 months old now. He/she weighs 618 gms { 21 ounces} and is 14cm long { 5.5 inches} It will get quite warm here in southern Spain soon so what I wanted to ask is when can I put him in an outside run. I give him a half hour of sun 2 or 3 times a week at the moment but am...
My two sulcatas were born in June 2018, bought from a breeder here in Spain when about 1 month old. They have been kept in high humidity with correct temps. for day and night, have regular exposure to outside sunlight when its warm enough [ I'm in southern Spain} have cuttlebone 24/7 and eat...
My youngsters are now 3 months old and weigh over 3 ounces. Is this a good rate of growth? They eat a variety of weeds as well as hibiscus and grape leaves and other garden delights. They're not very friendly though and will stop eating when I go and look at them ! The feisty one will actually...
My two sulcata hatchlings are now two and a half months old now. They have been eating well and growing strongly. A few days ago I noticed the water in their drinking dish had a pinkish tinge to it. Concerned they may have internal parasites of some description, I took them along to the...
These were born on June 18th and June 16th. I finally found some small bark for them and I think all is ok in their viv The humidity is just over 80 and the temp between 80 and 90. They are finally eating really well now and yesterday weighed 78 and 72 gms. Do they look ok to you experts? They...
I already have a Leopard but couldn't resist buying these Sulcata hatchlings They are almost a month old and when bought 10 days ago they weighed 59 and 57 gms and today weighed in at 65 and 62 gms. One is kinday feisty, just wants to run away from me but the other one is much calmer.
Its pretty hot here now in southern Spain over 30 C. Julian normally has a soak at least twice a week in winter and spring but now the hot weather is here he doesn't want to soak or drink. Is this normal behaviour? He eats well but just doesnt want to drink. Am I worrying about nothing ??
I have two 11/12 year male leopards. One has recently (last week) started to make an audible noise when breathing. He has no discharge from his nostrils and is eating normally and active. Anyway, I took him to a vet on Saturday morning where he was xrayed and his lungs were healthy so no...
This lion tried to crack open the tortoise shell but failed! I often read that wild tortoises never suffer from pyramiding and pet tortoises suffer from this due to their owners giving them wrong food/living conditions but the tortoise here obviously has some pyramiding and he's wild (I'd be a...
Right,------I have 2 male leopards, 7 years old and this winter I need to make them a new winter accommodation. Most of the time they can be outside in the Spanish sun but for a few months they have to spend more time indoors. By indoors I mean in a large,unheated greenhouse but with electricity...
This is Julian. Bought the same time as Frankel. He's making a run for it into the hide as he doesn't like being caught out in the open in the concrete pen! Frankel is staying with the flowers but he still has his beady eye on me !
This is Frankel this afternoon in sunny Spain. Both him and Julian are outside most of the day now as the temps are in the 70's. He started to pyramid last year after coming to me at 5 years old completely smooth. I have upped the humidity in his cave at night and he sleeps on damp sphagnum...
I can't get sphagnum moss here in Spain but I can buy something called Compressed Rainforest Moss from Tropical Asia. It's from a reputable pet/animal supply firm online so I can't actually see the product but it says it's suitable for snakes,frogs, lizards and anything that likes to burrow...
My two male 6 year old Leos have been with me a year now, The larger one has gone from 522gms to 2130gms in that time while the smaller one has gone from 473gms to 1305gms. Both were quite smooth when I bought them. Both have the same living conditions and eat the same food but the larger of...