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I know that weight varies between each tortoise but I'm just curious about how much other babies gain each month. My sulcata is about 5-6 months old. He seems to gain about 50 grams per month give or take a few. Right now he weighs in at 255 grams. Anyway just curious. I'm also wondering if...

Ok so I noticed yesterday that there was a little tiny piece of something on my sulcata's bottom part of his mouth. Well today I saw it was still there. It looked like a piece of dried food so I pulled it off. Well come to find out the piece was not food but it was actually his bottom beak...

Ok so does anyone else's sulcata go into the water dish and literally splash the water up on themselves? I heard splashing coming from his enclosure and I go over and he is in the water dish laying down and using his front feet or paws or whatever you call them and he was splashing the water...

I received my adorable little guy when he was a baby so he was maybe a month or two and that was December 3rd. He is doing great. He eats like crazy and today he weighed in at 205 grams. He was about 35 grams when we first got him. I thought he had a ri in January but it turned out to be...

I have a baby sulcata tortoise. His name is Sheliford and I have had him since December 3rd. He was about a month or two when I got him so he is probably about around 5 months. He seems to be doing great. His weight last night was 118 grams. Everyday he gets a mixture of zoomed tortoise...

Ok so if you are looking for pyramiding do I look at the scute or the brown line that goes around the scute? Sorry this is my first tort and just making sure he isn't starting to pyramid. I don't think he is but just wondering what the first signs would be. Thanks for any info.

Ok so I have had my baby sulacta for two months now. Not sure of his exact dob but he is about 3 or 4 months old. He is eating great and growing. I thought he might have a RI last month but no more bubbles and he seems fine. He was 50 grams last month and today he weighed in at 81 grams. I...

Ok so my little Sheliford was taking his nightly bath and when I went to rinse out the tub I use I found this. It is really hard like a rock. My little guy is little. He fits in the palm of my hand and is only 54 grams and this huge thing came out of him. I can't imagine this being normal...

Well its been just over a month since I received my baby sulcata tort in the mail. He is so adorable and I never would have thought I could grow so attached to a tortoise. lol He has stolen my heart. In fact he is more like a baby. I worry over every little thing. Just wanted to say thank...

Ok so I have my baby sulcata in a small tank for now. I am using cypress mulch as the substrate and I keep it pretty wet. Well I have noticed that the enclosure and my tort start to stink pretty quickly after I change and clean everything. I am having to dump out and clean the tank at least...

Ok so my baby sulcata tortoise has peed out urates everyday for about a week. They are not gritty so I guess thats a good thing. Consistency is maybe like toothpaste or pudding. I soak him twice a day for 20 minutes and he has water in his house although I never see him drink. Oh and the...

I am feeling so horrible right now. Yesterday I noticed a bubble out of my baby sulcata torts nose. I was hoping it was just a fluke and it would be nothing but today he is blowing bubbles out of his nose. I think it is because the first home I had him in might of been to cold at night. I...

Ok so I have had my little guy since the beginning of December. He is so adorable. I decided to change his "home". I had him in a plastic storage bin. It was pretty big. I decided to put him in a smaller glass aquarium because it is easier to keep warm and keeps it more humid. I think he...

I am just wondering how fast my baby sulcata should be growing. I know that every tort is different but just wondering if there is an average. I have had mine for less than a month and I am just curious how fast he will grow. TIA

I just recently got my baby sulcata tortoise. I am just wondering how much they sleep. TIA

This is Sheliford, our first baby sulcata tortoise. He arrived yesterday afternoon. I immediately put him to soak and he went to the bathroom and then ate. I set up his box. Half cypress mulch and half St. Augustine grass. So far today he naps a lot and then gets up and moves around a bit...

How much food should my baby sulcata get?

I am anxiously waiting for my baby sulcata to arrive today. I have read and read about them and there are a lot of different opinions out there. I set up a tank and I think it is to small so I will be making a new setup this weekend out of a bigger sweater type box. I have a heat lamp and...