A Tort Growth Thread

[Sulcata_AZ]

Title says it all! I’m going to post a picture, hopefully once a week on Friday of our baby sulcatas growth.
First image is from July 26th, 2024.

 

[Sulcata_AZ]

August 2nd, 2024

 

[Tom]

Have you got him indoors with high humidity?

 

[Sulcata_AZ]

Have you got him indoors with high humidity?

haha yeah, A very consistent 85% in the enclosure, he got some sun time this morning around from 6-7 and then a soak and passed a bunch of solid poops in the tub. Grabbed some clover and grass and chopped it up with some kale for him today. He also seems to tolerate the Mazuri small tortoise diet if I wet it down and mix it up well with finely chopped greens, and he also has munched up a good chunk of a cuttlefish bone.
It's nice that my house also seems to maintain an RH between 40-60% right now it's at 52%.

 

[Pák]

Good luck with him

 

[Sulcata_AZ]

Good luck with him

Thanks!

 

[Sulcata_AZ]

Forgot to post yesterday, here’s the weekly update.

 

[Sulcata_AZ]

Tort was fresh out of the soak tub

 

[Sulcata_AZ]

 

[Sulcata_AZ]

A little lower in weight this week.

 

[Sulcata_AZ]

He’s putting on some weight, got a little nervous last time I weighed him. He wasn’t too excited to be weighed this morning.
And his official name is littlefoot, took us a bit to decide but we’ve got a hognose named ducky so my wife thought it would be cute for a land before time theme.

 

[Dustin]

It helps to put something under them that will keep their legs from touching the scale. Look for something around the house, like a used Keurig pod or something shaped like that.

 

[Sulcata_AZ]

It helps to put something under them that will keep their legs from touching the scale. Look for something around the house, like a used Keurig pod or something shaped like that.

good idea

 

[Sulcata_AZ]

Growing like a weed.

 

[Sulcata_AZ]

Still hanging at 89g

 

[Sulcata_AZ]

A day early but I was feeling his weight in my hand after the soak and had to get him on the scale
CHUNK!

 

[Tom]

A day early but I was feeling his weight in my hand after the soak and had to get him on the scale
CHUNK!
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Almost into the triple digits!

 

[Sulcata_AZ]

Almost into the triple digits!

Right on the edge