fernando7kose
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Hi everyone, my name is Fernando. I live in Indonesia.
I have posted twice in this forum and all the members have been really helpful, I'm very thankful for it.
I decided to make another thread to discuss about the health of my baby sulcata.
As the title said, I got my sulcata from a very dry breeder. He didn't even know how old is my baby sulcata.
I'm assuming my baby sulcata is around 2 months old. He weights 60 gram, 2.1 inches.
My baby sulcata used to be very active, especially outside. He also used to roam inside his enclosure.
These past 3 days he has been very lethargic, he roams outside for a bit before falling asleep. He barely moves inside his enclosure. He also barely eats now.
My setup :
1. I have a closed top enclosure made of terpaulin, humidty is always around 80-85%.
2. Substrate is a mixture of coco husk & coco coir.
3. Basking spot is around 95-100, cool side is round 85-88, ambience is around 90. I'm still using Exoterra 75 W spot bulb for the heat, waiting for my friend to bring me incadescent flood bulb as Tom suggested. Temperature never drops below 80 since I live in a tropical country.
4. I always soak him twice a day with warm water, 30 mins each soak.
5. He gets sunlight for at least 1 hour everyday.
6. He eats dandelion, clover, grape leaf. I chop it down nicely & mix it with maizuri/zoomed pellets. I also give him calcium powder once a week. He used to have no problem eating what I prepared, when he roams outside in my garden I always see him munching down the clovers & grasses.
I have read all the care sheet that @Tom provided numeorus times to make sure that I'm giving my baby sulcata the best. I also have read through so many articles in this forum about sick baby sulcata & "breeder failure syndrome".
My baby sulcata is still not showing any sign of
"breeder failure syndrome". His shell is still hard his eyes are still open, his nostrills are also clear.
Please let me know if I'm doing something wrong or if you have any suggestion on what to do. Should I soak him with baby carrot & pedialyte? I read it from @Yvonne G 's thread that it's very helpful.
Attached are the pictures of my setup & the baby sulcata. Thank you so much 😀🙏
I have posted twice in this forum and all the members have been really helpful, I'm very thankful for it.
I decided to make another thread to discuss about the health of my baby sulcata.
As the title said, I got my sulcata from a very dry breeder. He didn't even know how old is my baby sulcata.
I'm assuming my baby sulcata is around 2 months old. He weights 60 gram, 2.1 inches.
My baby sulcata used to be very active, especially outside. He also used to roam inside his enclosure.
These past 3 days he has been very lethargic, he roams outside for a bit before falling asleep. He barely moves inside his enclosure. He also barely eats now.
My setup :
1. I have a closed top enclosure made of terpaulin, humidty is always around 80-85%.
2. Substrate is a mixture of coco husk & coco coir.
3. Basking spot is around 95-100, cool side is round 85-88, ambience is around 90. I'm still using Exoterra 75 W spot bulb for the heat, waiting for my friend to bring me incadescent flood bulb as Tom suggested. Temperature never drops below 80 since I live in a tropical country.
4. I always soak him twice a day with warm water, 30 mins each soak.
5. He gets sunlight for at least 1 hour everyday.
6. He eats dandelion, clover, grape leaf. I chop it down nicely & mix it with maizuri/zoomed pellets. I also give him calcium powder once a week. He used to have no problem eating what I prepared, when he roams outside in my garden I always see him munching down the clovers & grasses.
I have read all the care sheet that @Tom provided numeorus times to make sure that I'm giving my baby sulcata the best. I also have read through so many articles in this forum about sick baby sulcata & "breeder failure syndrome".
My baby sulcata is still not showing any sign of
"breeder failure syndrome". His shell is still hard his eyes are still open, his nostrills are also clear.
Please let me know if I'm doing something wrong or if you have any suggestion on what to do. Should I soak him with baby carrot & pedialyte? I read it from @Yvonne G 's thread that it's very helpful.
Attached are the pictures of my setup & the baby sulcata. Thank you so much 😀🙏