BowDownBowser
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Hello,
My name is Justin I just got a Sulcata yesterday. His name is Bowser and he was just born on Jan 20th. He seems to be starting off well. He is 2 1/4" and weighs about 50 grams. So far he's eating like a champ and he is very active. He was shy for the first few hours until he adjusted to his new home. Right now I'm using moistened coconut coir as a substrate. I'm feeding him cactus pads, kale, spring mix, and I'm mixing in bermuda grass and orchard grass hays to try to get his grassy diet started early. I'm also supplementing with Rep-Cal As a hide i have the common half log with some sphagnum moss underneath and another pile of moistened sphagnum moss in the enclosure as a hide as well. I have a 160 watt mercury vapor lamp as well as a 10.0 fluorescent uv b lamp. I also have a 75 watt red light incandescent bulb to keep the temperature at about 77 at night. during the day time the temperature gradient is about 93-74 with a basking area around 98. Is there anything else I should be providing or is this a good set up? I got most of my information from this site and it's been a huge help so thank you everyone who has shared what they know.
My name is Justin I just got a Sulcata yesterday. His name is Bowser and he was just born on Jan 20th. He seems to be starting off well. He is 2 1/4" and weighs about 50 grams. So far he's eating like a champ and he is very active. He was shy for the first few hours until he adjusted to his new home. Right now I'm using moistened coconut coir as a substrate. I'm feeding him cactus pads, kale, spring mix, and I'm mixing in bermuda grass and orchard grass hays to try to get his grassy diet started early. I'm also supplementing with Rep-Cal As a hide i have the common half log with some sphagnum moss underneath and another pile of moistened sphagnum moss in the enclosure as a hide as well. I have a 160 watt mercury vapor lamp as well as a 10.0 fluorescent uv b lamp. I also have a 75 watt red light incandescent bulb to keep the temperature at about 77 at night. during the day time the temperature gradient is about 93-74 with a basking area around 98. Is there anything else I should be providing or is this a good set up? I got most of my information from this site and it's been a huge help so thank you everyone who has shared what they know.