Looking to adopt a small sulcata.
I have recently adopted a one year old sulcata. I was appaled at the care this baby was given, actually not given. I have improved his habitat and diet ten fold. I am interested in taking on another of his/her size. Franklin is now 170g and 3.5 in long...
Tom, I have obsessively been reading your posts on sulcata care :)
He is living in a 40 gallon tank with organic top soil and cypress mulch. Basking is about 95 to 100. Cool side 80 to 85. Soak every other day. Calcium bone in tank. Outside two hours a day on weekdays, over six on...
I really don't know how far it goes. I cleaned him with a tooth brush today and rubbed it real good. It kinda just looks like its filled with dirt. Should I poke around in it?
This is my first tort so to me he is pretty active. He is eating well. I haven't had any problems changing him to a...
Here is a pic of the damage around the bottom. Oh, and the dog bite was two months ago.
In the first thread.....does he already have signs of pyramiding?
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Sorry, can't figure out how to post more than one pic at a time.
Here is his plastron. There is also a little damage there too.
Hey guys, this is Franklin, he is about a year old. I got him from a friend about a week ago. I know she wasn't taking care of him as she should. I believe she fed him mainly bagged spring mix and hardly got any sunlight or UVB. I know she also only gave him calcium supp two times a month...
I have recently been doing research into owning a sulcata when the opportunity across to adopt a one year old. I am aware of the huge responsibility and want to provide a healthy environment for him/her.
Right now I have him in a huge Rubbermaid container in the house with heat source and...
Hello, I am new to this site. I inherited a three toed box turtle from a family member recently. To me, it appears to have been taken from the wild at sometime, but I also think I see "clip marks" on his shell that I have read mean they were possibly farmed as young turtles?
I was also...