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    Big Female Sulcata has outgrown my capabilites.

    Hello all, I am very sad to have to make this post but unfortunately my 5 year old friend Ayana has outgrown me and I feel that I am no longer able to care for her the way she needs to be cared for. I really want the best for the friend I saw myself caring for the rest of my life, but never...
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    Worried about Sulcata diet

    Jesus christ! Seems like these little fellas need a personal chef to keep up with their diets! :D all kidding aside, I do my best to give Ayana a varied diet but she is very oicky and wont eat things she doesnt like. I think thats why I am having so much trouble with the hay. I will try bermuda...
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    Worried about Sulcata diet

    My understanding is that African Sulcata tortoises are supposed to eat tomothy hay as their main diet, buy I cant get my 15 mo old baby to eat the dry grass. I started her on a diet of red and green leaf lettuce with radicchio (which she really likes) and either dandilion, chickory, or escarol...
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    Shell indications

    My best guess is calcium deficiency. I have a calcium supplement and was only giving it to her twice a week as suggested on other sites. To be honest I wasn't very consistent with it but became more so after noticing this. I recently read the label on the bottle and it says it should be given...
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    Shell indications

    I am wondering how much you can tell about a tortoises health by the looks of the shell. I'm sure it's a lot, but I wouldn't know how to decypher the signs. This came up because I have noticed that Ayana's shell has become increasingly dark and the lines have become very thick.. I wonder if this...
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    Finally got a UV bulb

    Any s Any suggestions on how many hours a day I should keep the uvb bulb on for?
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    Finally got a UV bulb

    Its not exactly tape, its a heavy duty gooey type strip. Trust me, that thing aint going anywhere! I accidently placed it too close to the wall and made the switch very hard to access so I tried to remove it and re-place it, but to no avail. Now I gotta use a scalpel to switch it on and off...
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    Finally got a UV bulb

    Hey everyone. I finally got a uvb bulb for Ayana and Im wondering what yhe gegeral consensus is on the brand I got. Its a zilla slim line light fixture with a desert 50 uvb bulb. Also what do you think about yhe placement? Rather than placing it on top I decided to use double sided sticky tape...
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    Getting better.

    I have an under tank heater which provides her heat when I turn off the bkue nighttime bulb she has on now. I moniter her temps regularly both with the light on and off and I find that she has a good gradient of temp throughout her enclosure. Ranging from 75 on the cool side up to 85 on the warm...
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    Getting better.

    I take her out as often as I can for around 30 minutes at a time. Unfortunately it has been rainy here in NM and there hasnt been much sunlight for the past few days. I will definitely be investing in a good bulb when I recieve my paycheck. I am in the processe of moving her from the 10 gallon...
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    Getting better.

    Hello everyone it's been a while since I checked in. I am happy to say that Ayana seems to be doing better, theres no more poop build up since I switched her up to dandilion which she seems to love. Her appetite is quite healthy, she's already gone through a whole bunch of dandilion! And it only...
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    Baby sulcata getting darker?

    Yea, its off now and I have a blue night time bulb that I bought from walmart that keeps her tank at a constant 85 on the warm sode and high 70s on the cool side near her water and food dish. Thank you for the info.
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    Baby sulcata getting darker?

    No its not, I take her out for about 30 minutes while Its warmest but its not long. Fortunately I still have the blue night time bulb ive been using.
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    Baby sulcata getting darker?

    I did notice that I was really bright... But its the best I could afford at the moment. What is a good distance to keep it while I am able to buy the other set up? Should I but a screen to dim it maybe?
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    Baby sulcata getting darker?

    Ok, I'll be sure to set it up farther away tomorrow. As for the bulb, if cfl stands for "compact flourescent" thats what it is because its not the tube.
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    Baby sulcata getting darker?

    Does this seem like substrate staining to you? I have her in eco earth coco fiber. Also today I got in a 10.0 uvb bulb and had that on today for about 3-4 hours. It sits approximately 5 or 6 inches away on one side and she appeared to be a whole lot darker than the slight progessive darkness...
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    Baby sulcata help

    Would this stuff be alright for now?
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    Baby sulcata help

    Hey everyone. I have purchased so.e bermuda grass seed. I am wondering what I can feed her while the grass grows. I bought a couple of cucumbers as I have heard. They like to snack. On that. Also I may pick up some pumpkin or canned pumpkin and squash to varie her diet while I get some good...
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    Baby sulcata help

    Hey all, thanks again for sharing so much knowledge!! It is veey frustruating and angering that I was not told all of this before taking her home with me I was basically told the same as Jodie and I now see this guy was just trying to make a quick buck >:( As for Ayana, she is still alive...
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    Baby sulcata help

    Thank you! Thats a lot of info, a bit overwhelming to be honest. The guy at the pet store said they are a very low maintenance pet so I guess he kind of suckered me into something I wasn't expecting. I will definitely be coming back to this Post until I get her set up right. I kind of got her on...
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