Baby sulcata

[Diego923]

Hi! Iam new. Regarding about baby sulcata do i need to buy UV lamp ? Plan to put them outside in the container with shade .

 

[Tom]

Hi! Iam new. Regarding about baby sulcata do i need to buy UV lamp ? Plan to put them outside in the container with shade .

Outdoors all day for babies is not good. Climate doesn't matter. This is true even in their native range. You need to make the correct indoor housing for the baby.

If the baby gets access to direct sunshine a few times per week, you do not need indoor UV.

Please read this for the correct information. There is a sulcata care sheet near the bottom:

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[Yvonne G]

In the wild baby sulcatas stay hidden all the time. And where they hide is warm, moist and humid. There's a reason none of the nature programs we see on TV never show baby tortoises. Baby tortoise always hide and never come out to be cooked by the sun or eaten by a hungry predator. This is not something new, but it IS something new to us as keepers. We all have been doing it wrong all these years. It's time for us to get rid of our old way of thinking and start keeping babies the right way.

 

[Diego923]

Outdoors all day for babies is not good. Climate doesn't matter. This is true even in their native range. You need to make the correct indoor housing for the baby.

If the baby gets access to direct sunshine a few times per week, you do not need indoor UV.

Please read this for the correct information. There is a sulcata care sheet near the bottom:

Info For New People. Please Read This First.

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How about nature windy? Is baby sulcata not allowed windy environment?

 

[TammyJ]

Hi and welcome. Please read the information that you got and it will help you to have healthy tortoises instead of sick and possibly dying ones. Thanks.

 

[Tim Carlisle]

In the wild baby sulcatas stay hidden all the time. And where they hide is warm, moist and humid. There's a reason none of the nature programs we see on TV never show baby tortoises. Baby tortoise always hide and never come out to be cooked by the sun or eaten by a hungry predator. This is not something new, but it IS something new to us as keepers. We all have been doing it wrong all these years. It's time for us to get rid of our old way of thinking and start keeping babies the right way.

Sadly, anymore you're hard-pressed to find adults in the wild as well.

 

[Tom]

How about nature windy? Is baby sulcata not allowed windy environment?

Why would there be wind in an indoor closed chamber enclosure?

In the wild their would certainly be some windy days, but the baby tortoises are tucked away hidden in thick brush, root balls, under leaf litter, or in small holes in the earth. They would not be exposed to wind.

In a captive outdoor situation, they should also have shelter from the wind, and whether the wind is harmful or not would depend on the temperature and humidity. A warm humid wind should not harm a tortoise. Dry air or cold air blowing on a baby would not be good.

 

[Diego923]

Why would there be wind in an indoor closed chamber enclosure?

In the wild their would certainly be some windy days, but the baby tortoises are tucked away hidden in thick brush, root balls, under leaf litter, or in small holes in the earth. They would not be exposed to wind.

In a captive outdoor situation, they should also have shelter from the wind, and whether the wind is harmful or not would depend on the temperature and humidity. A warm humid wind should not harm a tortoise. Dry air or cold air blowing on a baby would not be good.

 

[Diego923]

Plan to put outside, there are times windy outside. Thank for all info.

 

[Tom]

Plan to put outside, there are times windy outside. Thank for all info.

Outside is fine once they get bigger, but babies need to be inside.