It breaks my heart, but due to housing issues (mine, not his) I have to give up my baby, Puck. He's 5 years old, definitely a boy, and in good health. I don't know how much he weighs because I don't own a scale, but his carapace is between 13 and 14 inches long. He's easy to feed since he eats...
I'm hoping for suggestions here. My entire yard is shaded by a huge oak tree. My sully is now getting too big for her indoor enclosure, so this summer I have to create her outdoor enclosure in my yard. I read that oak leaves are bad for torts, but there isn't an inch of ground where they don't...
My friend's sulcata has what looks to us like unusually wide white growth lines. Does this look like a problem to anyone? Could it be a fungal infection or something?
Puck's eye looks fine today. I did go get a bottle of saline and squirted a bunch of it at her closed eye. After the initial surprise, when she pulled her head in, it must have felt good, because she let me keep doing it and didn't pull her head in again. Whether or not that had anything to do...
I got home from work today and Puck has one of her eyes closed, and she's rubbing it with her leg from time to time. Clearly she either got something in it or scratched it or something. Problem is, it's Saturday evening so the vet is closed.
The closed eyelid is white, which I think is its...
Help! Puck has a weepy eye all of a sudden. I'm assuming this means a vet visit, and I'm making an appointment. Is there anything that can be done in the meantime?
Hi, everyone!
My little Puck's shell is looking really good - I think I finally got the hydration thing down. Now it's her face that worries me. Her skin is soooo dry (except for immediately following her soaks) that it looks all parched and cracked. Does anybody know if it's safe to put a...
Okay, I got Puck last July, and she should be about 10-11 months old now. I started weighing and measuring her in December, but haven't posted a status yet, so here goes.
I finally got her into a new habitat with more humidity than what I had her in. I'm using coco coir and coco bark, and...
This may be a weird request, but does anyone out there have a sully who was badly pyramided but grew to be big anyway? My vet and I would be interested in seeing pictures. How does a badly pyramided tort turn out in the long run if they survive their early upbringing?
I've finally made a humid hide for my little sulcata, badly needed, but it's not warm enough. I put a heat mat on the side, but the temps are only in the mid-70's. I can't move it to a warmer spot in the enclosure. I tried to research it here on the forum, and several people referred to heat...