paulus
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I have a baby Sulcata ~7 months old. It has 68mm shell's length, 81gr weight.
My problem is it doesn't eat anything except Mazuri Tortoise Diet. When I got it in age 1 or 2 month it ate only Romaine lettuce. I have been trying to switch his habits to grass since February, no way. It started eat Mazuri Diet and ..... stopped eating even Romaine lettuce. I tried to mix Mazuri with grass, wheat grass, timothy hey, orchard hey, grassland tortoise food (eat just a tiny peace and go away). I cut grass or hey by scissors to very small pieces and mix with Mazuri, it almost not eat. The same problem if I add calcium to Mazuri, it doesn't eat. I smoked my baby every morning in water with calcium, it seems it works for now, it have strong shell.
My set up is terrarium 36x18x18, tube 24'' UVB 10.0, distance to shell 13'', basket lamp 75W (15'' to surface) and ceramic heater 100W. Temperature daily (14 hours a day) 105-110, opposite side 90-95. During a day basket lamp and ceramic heater work together (thermostat switch off ceramic heater when temperature over 110 and switch it on when temperature lower then 96). At night ceramic heater works only, temperature 90-95 in basket area, 80-85 in opposite area. Humidity always 70%-80%
Timberline Top Soil on the ground, about 3'' height
I have no idea what else I can do to improve set up. Just an idea, may be it lack of oxygen inside because my terrarium fully closed to take high humidity?
May be problem with food. Could you describe very detailed step by step how do you make yours baby Sulcata eat grass? Do you cut grass to small (very small?) pieces or offer leaves? Do you provide different types of food at the same time or give them just one type of food per day? How long do you wait baby to eat before propose another type of food? As many details as you can pleeeeeaaase!
Thank you for your help!
My problem is it doesn't eat anything except Mazuri Tortoise Diet. When I got it in age 1 or 2 month it ate only Romaine lettuce. I have been trying to switch his habits to grass since February, no way. It started eat Mazuri Diet and ..... stopped eating even Romaine lettuce. I tried to mix Mazuri with grass, wheat grass, timothy hey, orchard hey, grassland tortoise food (eat just a tiny peace and go away). I cut grass or hey by scissors to very small pieces and mix with Mazuri, it almost not eat. The same problem if I add calcium to Mazuri, it doesn't eat. I smoked my baby every morning in water with calcium, it seems it works for now, it have strong shell.
My set up is terrarium 36x18x18, tube 24'' UVB 10.0, distance to shell 13'', basket lamp 75W (15'' to surface) and ceramic heater 100W. Temperature daily (14 hours a day) 105-110, opposite side 90-95. During a day basket lamp and ceramic heater work together (thermostat switch off ceramic heater when temperature over 110 and switch it on when temperature lower then 96). At night ceramic heater works only, temperature 90-95 in basket area, 80-85 in opposite area. Humidity always 70%-80%
Timberline Top Soil on the ground, about 3'' height
I have no idea what else I can do to improve set up. Just an idea, may be it lack of oxygen inside because my terrarium fully closed to take high humidity?
May be problem with food. Could you describe very detailed step by step how do you make yours baby Sulcata eat grass? Do you cut grass to small (very small?) pieces or offer leaves? Do you provide different types of food at the same time or give them just one type of food per day? How long do you wait baby to eat before propose another type of food? As many details as you can pleeeeeaaase!
Thank you for your help!