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Hey guys, looking for possible solutions as to how to keep my sully's water dish clean. I use coco coir bedding and it sticks to him as he crawls into his water dish to soak/drink from. I come home from work everyday to see all the water in his dish is gone. Instead it's full of mucky coco...

Hey guys, super simple question for my sully. Can he eat carrots and/or tomatoes? I've been curious as I have both shredded carrots and grape tomatoes I'd like to blend into his salads here and there. Let me know, Thanks! Seth

awesome this helps me in building his environment 100% I figured it was a possibility so I'll come up with something and get through it haha. And yea hanging by the cords is a no no, I luckily have a metal hanger on the actual lamp that I can use instead. I really get finicky with fire hazards...

So, I'm working on enclosing the tank which my sulcata lives in to hold humidity. I've got glass coverings as well as shower curtains to cover the top with. I've suspending his heat lamps inside the tank (it's 18 inches tall so there is plenty of space for the lamp), but the UVB light doesn't...

It's snowy and cold up here in NY, Theo is in his living quarters now, slowly but surely working on expanding his living space as well as giving him time to wander around my warm home.

good to know, thanks for the tip man

Thanks for all the tips guys! I think for now I am going to try out the brick of coco coir and water it down and spread it out for Theo. I'm fine with messy if it helps with humidity hold, in comparison to the costly orchid bark zoomed makes, I think it's worth it. Plus I have no problems with...

I had an issue with my sulcata awhile back when I had low experience with them. Although the temps might be great for him, definitely make sure he's getting proper UVB light each day, Mine blew at one point and I didn't realize it for around a week, and he got really sickly and his eyes were...

yea, that's what I was planning on doing, I feel it might be the best direction and hold the moisture better than the orchid bark I currently have.

I've tried to in the past, but I'm not 100% comfortable with what my local garden stores sell, a lot of it has chemicals in it, and I've tried lowes and other places like that in the past with no luck. I definitely know it's cheaper to go with bulk from garden shops, wish I had more, I also live...

Ok, So I have some confusion when getting bedding for my sulcata. I know for sure sand is a terrible substrate. I am currently using orchid Bark from ZooMed, and I have been looking into coco coir. Zoomed makes expandable coconut fiber, which I thought would be great to mix with the orchid bark...

Thanks a bunch Dizisdalife! super informative, I will start looking into building him a different enclosure with my spare time, I just want to make sure he has it made in terms of environment and space!

thanks for the info Speedy! I will start soaking him more and time him for around 30 minutes to start and slowly bump it to an hour in time!

Thanks Wellington, this makes me feel a lot better about increasing the efficiency of the environment Theo lives in that'll help with shell growth and development. I do have a digital thermometer and humidity reader, what should the humidity be roughly for my one year old tortoise? And should...

Hey guys, So I'm slowly but surely figuring out how to best care for my now 1 year old tortoise. I've increased his containment to a 50 gal enclosure. I've noticed that he has attained decent pyramiding in the last few months (he's also grown double his size in around 3-4 months). The...

I bought from the pet store this time but next time I'll go to a local garden shop. I didn't get a huge bag! The stuff I got is from zoomed I can assume it's good but it doesn't say the grade of the bark on whether it's fine or not. Although it says it's been triple clean to remove larger pieces...

Hey tom, a little confusion when I was at the store. Is orchid bark and fir bark the same thing? If not is fir also acceptable bedding? They didn't have orchid bark and when I googled for it, a lot of fir bark options came up!

Hey speedy, That is helpful but he lives with me in upstate New York, which is known for a lot of snow and cold winters, so I can only have him outside in this season when weather praises. So I really do need bedding for an indoor enclosure as well!

Hey guys, So I am switching my bedding of my sulcata here soon to orchid bark. He is about 9 months old. How long is this a viable bedding and when should I change to another type of bedding? I see all over the site to do this for hatchlings and newborns, but I don't know what my little guy is...

I'm a little confused as to if its pyramiding as mentioned above by Wellington or not now. Regardless I will take precaution and work to regulate his environment and food more!