Looking to rehome my male sulcata. He is about 14'' long 10'' wide and around 30lbs. I currently live in the Chicagoland area and have been planning on moving south to texas or florida for some time now but it doesn't look like it will be happening soon enough. I am really only interested in...
I have a 9 year old male sulcata i'm looking to rehome. He's around 30lbs. If you're interested you can text me at 224.430.9943 and I can send you pictures and more info.
You say he/she like you're not sure if its a boy or a girl which may be the answer to your mystery.. My male Sulcata, especially this time of the year will make that exact noise just like you're describing whenever he's getting an erection. So next time you hear that noise and your tortoise is...
In reality? Your tortoise would need a quarter acre to roam and graze all day and wouldn't be enough. Full grown your Sulcata could end up being a 120lb monster, and 9x9 wouldn't be nearly enough space for him.
Your tort will be fine eating the news paper, but it can't become part of his diet. As far as his diet goes, he shouldn't be eating fruits, and i'm not sure about the carrots. When my Sulcata was young I would feed him spring mix, mazuri food pellets, dandelion greens in the winter (Chicago)...
Yeah that's perfect for a baby tort but it wouldn't last you a year or so before your tortoise would outgrow it. I built my own that was just like that for about $50 when he was a baby and once he outgrew it I re used the wood from the enclosure to build a house for him. If you really want to...
I have both a Leopard and a Sulcata and while I love them both, if I could do it all over again I would just stick with the Leopard. As stated previously, the messes left by Sulcata are big and often. Not to mention, once full grown the Sulcata is going to be more than a handful especially if...
When I first brought my Leopard home as a one month old he didn't eat for almost a whole month. Once he did start to eat the only thing he would put down was the mazuri tortoise food, so you may try that and see if he likes it. I would recommend buying the mazuri from someone off the forum if...
If you're looking for something that will get big but not too big I would look in to Star or Leopard tortoises. In my opinion if you save up for a Star it will be worth it when they're large and have a beautiful designed shell. Sulcatas get very big and will take up all of what your yard has...
I go there twice a year and was there today, its a blast! Its been overrun by snakes the last couple years, and quite frankly I think the one in the spring time was nothing but snakes! None the less, I love that place. I got both of my torts there a few years ago =)