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Is it to early to tell if my baby sulcata is male or female? Are there any signs?

I live in Illinois and fall has officially hit. It is in the 60's during the day mostly and though I love it I want to know if it's okay for my baby sulcata. My sulcata is around 48 grams and I used to let her outside during the day under my supervision when it was warmer. Now I fear it's a bit...

I thought you would all enjoy this picture of my little sulcata watching Jurassic park with me right before her bath! Can you tell how badly she wants to be all grown up?

Hello I've had a hatchling sulcata tortoise for a couple months now and she hasn't grown that much! I don't expect it to be a speedy process, however I've weighed her for around a little more than a month now and she's just around 43 grams. Is that normal for a hatchling? She doesn't gain weight...

hello everyone I apologize for not being active in awhile school takes up much of my time. I received a hatchling sulcata tortoise in July and she has been doing well ever since and she is slowly beginning to grow and eat more. Though she is doing well I am noticing something strange happening...

Hey everyone I have a very young sulcata tortoise and I'm wondering what the signs are of a healthy shell? And what are growth lines? I'm going to post a couple pictures and if anyone can tell me if they see any new growth starting I would really appreciate it!

I have a hatchling sulcata that I continue to do research for. Yesterday I discovered kamp kenan on YouTube who seems to be very knowledgable on tortoises and when watching the video on how to care for baby torts he said he only feeds them 3 times a week because that makes them healthier! I've...

Hey everyone so it is that time of the year again where I need to go back to school. I am worried about the humidity for my young sulcata hatchling. Throughout the summer ever since I received the tortoise I've been militant about keeping humidity high throughout the day by misting whenever I...

How do you prevent bladder stones in tortoises?

I am a fairly new owner of a hatchling sulcata tortoise I've had her for around 2 weeks now and continue to make daily changes to keep humidity as high as possible inside the enclosure and I feed her a variety of foods and let her outside for supervised play time at least once everyday. I have...

So I recently received my sulcata hatchling around 2 weeks ago. I've been doing a lot of research and studying both on this site and others and I've seen a variety of different shell colors for sulcata tortoises. I've seen darker almost black looking shells, I've seen light brown shells, and...

Why is she biting rocks?!

Hey everyone I haven't been on in awhile but I have some questions regarding my baby sulcata Cami. A few days ago during her bath she did her business in the water and this long white strand came out which looks nothing like her normal poop! What is this? Should I be concerned?

Hey everyone and I apologize for all the questions lately but I was just wondering about humidity today. I have a very young sulcata tortoise and have been militant about keeping the humidity near 80% in the enclosure. I realize it can't be perfect all the time but I'm just wondering when can I...

i have a very new hatchling sulcata tortoise who doesn't utilize the hide spot at all at night it just sleeps in the corner of its enclosure. Is this alright? I've read it's good to have the tortoise sleep in its hide hole at night instead, but does it really make a difference?