sulcata

Hi I have a baby sulcata that I got about a month ago so she’s around 2-3ish months old. As soon as I got her she was already squeaking but with some soaking and consistent misting the squeak has mostly gone away. These past few weeks she’s been eating less and less except for an occasional...

Hi all! My 3 y.o. Sulcata recently dug his first burrow. Proud mom moment! However, his current enclosure utilizes cinder blocks as the walls- I found its easy to adjust and make bigger for his blooming size, as well as the fact that I am currently not in my forever home- which when I do buy a...

Hi my name is Henry my friend bought a sulcata tortoise about 2 years ago he moved away and decided to give him to me his name is Carlos. I don’t know too much about him so I have been reading constantly about how to raise him. I have been feeding him all the greens I can buy going from lettuce...

Hello everyone! I have just recently inherited my cousins 3 year old female sulcata and unfortunately he stunted her growth. She is three year old and smaller than my golden Greek tortoise. They kept her in a very small tub like enclosure, the same enclosure he brought her home in when she was a...

This is growth something I should be worried about? This is my dad's 14 year old sulcata. It's like there is a mini scute growing between the bigger scutes. Is this a sign of something and what should I do?

I have recently adopted an almost 3 year old female Sulcata Tortoise, and I feel that I am way in over my head here, either that or I am just overthinking things. My issue is figuring out lighting and heating and am hoping any Sulcata experts can come to my rescue! I currently have a exo-terra...

Hello! I’m Skye and I’m new here (From the Philippines as well). I recently just got a Sulcata Tortoise and it is about 2 months old. May I know some tips for their diet? Thank you!

Hello, Looking for someone who has some knowledge or experience on something we are seeing on our Sulcata. We noticed tonight that there are two spots on its back that appear to almost be cracks between the scutes. A corner of one is lifted and then there is what looks like a crack between two...

Hi all, Shortly after I acquired 3 beautiful Sri Lankan Star hatchlings, one of my young female Sulcata decided to lay. This is her first clutch. Honestly didn't know how long they were laid for but its been mid 70's (at most) outside for the past 2-3 weeks in San Diego so even if it was that...

Hello, my tortoise is very young. Two months exactly today! Anyways, I have a variety of food I feed it. This variety is (carrot, apple, aloe, iceberg lettuce, and Roman lettuce) I make it like a salad with everything in it. What I don’t like is how I put so much work into it and Rosie will only...

Hi we have a Sulcata who is 6 months old and we see his throat moving a lot. He have respiratory infection and as exotic vet suggested we have given 10 Fortaz shots. He is recovering based on his blood reports. He is eating and walking. But we see his throat moving a lot. His nostrils are...

Hello fellow sulcata tortoise owners 🐢 This may be a very repeated question, but i NEED to know. I've been losing sleep because of it!! I recently became a new tortoise owner after this cute little dude kind of just fell into my lap and I've been loving every second of it. Well, almost every...

hello all. i have a baby sulcata tortoise that's been unwell for a while now; it sleeps all day and only moves when i wake it up for a soak and put it in front of the food dish, and when it walks it's really shaky and wobbly, like its legs are too weak to support its body. the biggest problem is...

Hi everybody , I am an owner of a sulcata tortoise and he’s private area seems to be stuck and not able to go back in, I have tried sugar soaks and keeping it moist however it’s still not gone back I called the vets and they said to just keep soaking him however I’m getting concerned. I have...

Hello! This is my first post, first sulcata tortoise, and first time building out an enclosure. I am looking for some constructive feedback for my new guy Frankie to live his best lift! In one pic you will see one tiny light that we were using until my husband could get home with the bigger...

Hello, I have two 4 month old Sulcata tortoises. Recently one of the them started making squeaking noises. I took it to the vet and they said that the baby has respiratory click and swollen right nostril and also dealing with active bacterial infection. We have been giving Fortaz(3 injectable...

-Tank and lighting: 60 gallon aquarium with a 24watt UVB, a raised 100watt heat bulb, and 50watt night bulb(red). -Temps: basking is around 98-105F, warm area is 84-93F, cool side is high 70's. under his humid log where he likes to sleep is around 83-86F -Substrate: orchid bark and peat moss mix...

Hello everyone! I am building an enclosure for a young sulcata. I have no experience with reptiles. He is currently in a very tiny plastic tub and needs to be in something larger and healthier immediately. I want to complete this enclosure ASAP. I recently got the tortoise from someone who no...

So I just took in an 18 month old Sulcata… I’ve been researching tortoise care & some people we know had two young ones… when I saw them I noticed the female was in particularly bad shape (the male probably is too but the female is worse) I immediately noticed her disfigured shell & decided to...

Hi im sorry if im posting this in the wrong place i am still learning how to use forms but i am just concerned about my baby she keeps getting a cut in the same place on her head i will link pictures but i dont know how she is doing it i checked her shell for sharp parts and there is nothing and...