Hello!
I finally caved in to making an account and hoping to have guidance by all of you in helping me with my new baby. She or he is a sulcata who is almost two years old. I’m not sure how much she weighs at the moment but will definitely have to weigh her. She is about 4 inches in height and about 6 inches in length (head to foot). Finally decided on naming her Tiny, the name is gonna be perfect for when she is huge haha. I have only had her for a couple months now due to my friend who originally was her mom could no longer care for her. So a lot of my time recently has been hours of reading, especially on here, on how to raise her properly. Please bare with me as I’m not sure if I’ll get the terms of what items I was given correctly.
Backstory- She came to me in one of those tortoise tables, the heating reptile lamps, the Mazuri diet and another type of pellet diet. She has gotten slightly bigger already and no longer fits in her little house that she came with so I had to make do with a plastic bin with a cut out door for her to sleep in.
Food- I bought her Timothy Hay and Orchard Hay. Although she hasn’t started eating it on it’s own, I have been putting her Rep-Cal pellets in a little bit of water and I grind the hay to tiny bits to mix it all up and make a tiny “meatball”. Thanks to the person who suggested that idea online! However, I know she’s supposed to be getting a lot more hays and grasses than just that. I’m gonna start on making her a little garden to plant what she needs with the help of the list that I’ve seen Tom has placed on here. I’ve been giving her leafy greens such as, green leaf, red leaf, romaine, arugula, and kale. I do give her a grape tomato as a treat about once a week. I’ve been feeding her around 12pm everyday due to the fact from the information I’ve seen here suggests that they should have the freedom to eat food anytime so I hope I’m doing that right.
Outside Time- I live in Indio, CA, right next to Coachella and no I’ve never been to Coachella Fest lol. It’s hot here in summer time but I’ve been taking her out when it’s a bit more humid than hot. Unfortunately, the humidity out here only hits about 30% and isn’t as high as recommended for them to be getting. We currently cannot have her in our backyard so I sit watching her in our front yard for about 30-45 minutes at least every other day. Then after that I take her to get a warm soak for about 20-30 minutes thanks to the advice from here. And boy does she love pooping during bath time!
Enclosure- The soil I got for her is the Eco Earth Coconut Expandable Substrate, which from what I read so far is not the best so I will have to get a different one.
She did come with those tortoise tables and everything I’ve read on here, especially Toms advice is something I would like to change for her to get the proper humidity. My question would be although she was not brought up in a humid home is it safe to slowly get her to a new enclosure with the proper humidity levels @Tom?
And Tom I must say I admire your knowledge on these little guys and I can’t wait to hear back from you!
I’m excited to be in this community and hope all of you can be of help with raising my little one! Thanks!
here are some photos to help you guys and I’ll make sure to attach a photo of Tiny as well!
I finally caved in to making an account and hoping to have guidance by all of you in helping me with my new baby. She or he is a sulcata who is almost two years old. I’m not sure how much she weighs at the moment but will definitely have to weigh her. She is about 4 inches in height and about 6 inches in length (head to foot). Finally decided on naming her Tiny, the name is gonna be perfect for when she is huge haha. I have only had her for a couple months now due to my friend who originally was her mom could no longer care for her. So a lot of my time recently has been hours of reading, especially on here, on how to raise her properly. Please bare with me as I’m not sure if I’ll get the terms of what items I was given correctly.
Backstory- She came to me in one of those tortoise tables, the heating reptile lamps, the Mazuri diet and another type of pellet diet. She has gotten slightly bigger already and no longer fits in her little house that she came with so I had to make do with a plastic bin with a cut out door for her to sleep in.
Food- I bought her Timothy Hay and Orchard Hay. Although she hasn’t started eating it on it’s own, I have been putting her Rep-Cal pellets in a little bit of water and I grind the hay to tiny bits to mix it all up and make a tiny “meatball”. Thanks to the person who suggested that idea online! However, I know she’s supposed to be getting a lot more hays and grasses than just that. I’m gonna start on making her a little garden to plant what she needs with the help of the list that I’ve seen Tom has placed on here. I’ve been giving her leafy greens such as, green leaf, red leaf, romaine, arugula, and kale. I do give her a grape tomato as a treat about once a week. I’ve been feeding her around 12pm everyday due to the fact from the information I’ve seen here suggests that they should have the freedom to eat food anytime so I hope I’m doing that right.
Outside Time- I live in Indio, CA, right next to Coachella and no I’ve never been to Coachella Fest lol. It’s hot here in summer time but I’ve been taking her out when it’s a bit more humid than hot. Unfortunately, the humidity out here only hits about 30% and isn’t as high as recommended for them to be getting. We currently cannot have her in our backyard so I sit watching her in our front yard for about 30-45 minutes at least every other day. Then after that I take her to get a warm soak for about 20-30 minutes thanks to the advice from here. And boy does she love pooping during bath time!
Enclosure- The soil I got for her is the Eco Earth Coconut Expandable Substrate, which from what I read so far is not the best so I will have to get a different one.
She did come with those tortoise tables and everything I’ve read on here, especially Toms advice is something I would like to change for her to get the proper humidity. My question would be although she was not brought up in a humid home is it safe to slowly get her to a new enclosure with the proper humidity levels @Tom?
And Tom I must say I admire your knowledge on these little guys and I can’t wait to hear back from you!
I’m excited to be in this community and hope all of you can be of help with raising my little one! Thanks!
here are some photos to help you guys and I’ll make sure to attach a photo of Tiny as well!