ofafeather
Member
Hello,
We are new members and are about to embark on our tortoise journey by fostering/adopting a 15 y/o Sulcata. We’re told that she is about 20” and 35lbs. We don’t have any reptile experience but have extensive bird experience.
We live about 100 miles north of NYC and have plenty of outside space. We plan to build an outdoor enclosure and house for her but she will most likely need to spend winter in the house with us - certainly for now.
We have a room we can use that gets good sun and has a decent amount of floor space. We could use some helping with designing the indoor enclosure, especially since it might be temporary. Reading here, we will most likely use orchid bark as a substrate.
We’re told that she hasn’t taken to eating hay yet, but I see from reading the forum that it is not uncommon up to this age. We will probably have her around March 2 but would like to be as prepared as possible.
Any help is greatly appreciate!
Best,
Eric & Lorraine
We are new members and are about to embark on our tortoise journey by fostering/adopting a 15 y/o Sulcata. We’re told that she is about 20” and 35lbs. We don’t have any reptile experience but have extensive bird experience.
We live about 100 miles north of NYC and have plenty of outside space. We plan to build an outdoor enclosure and house for her but she will most likely need to spend winter in the house with us - certainly for now.
We have a room we can use that gets good sun and has a decent amount of floor space. We could use some helping with designing the indoor enclosure, especially since it might be temporary. Reading here, we will most likely use orchid bark as a substrate.
We’re told that she hasn’t taken to eating hay yet, but I see from reading the forum that it is not uncommon up to this age. We will probably have her around March 2 but would like to be as prepared as possible.
Any help is greatly appreciate!
Best,
Eric & Lorraine