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[tizziliz]

Hi, my name is Liz & I live about 45 min North of Seattle WA. Between all the members of our household, we have 3 dogs, 2 sugar gliders, a hedgehog, a bearded dragon, 4 map turtles, 2 red eared slider turtles, an ornate wood turtle, and yesterday we adopted a sulcata tortoise.

I joined the forum for some help with the new sulcata... we took him on from a friend because it (not sure if boy or girl yet) didn't seem to be eating and was sluggish. Any advise would be much appreciated!

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi Liz:

Welcome to the Tortoise Forum!!

The number one cause of sluggishness in a tortoise is from not being kept warm enough. Please read Tom's threads on how to raise healthty hatchlings and make adjustments to your habitat accordingly:

http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-How-To-Raise-Sulcata-Hatchlings-and-Babies#axzz1umTey7XH

We have several sulcata-keepers who live in the PNW, so you have a nice font of knowledge to pick from. In fact, my sister has Bob, a 100+ lb sulcata and she lives in Corvallis, Oregon. She says people in Oregon don't tan, they rust. So she has some good advice for you on keeping a large tortoise in the PNW.

 

[wellington]

Hello and WELCOME

 

[ascott]

Welcome to the Forum and we LOVE PICS

Maybe if you share a touch of info with us on how you have your tort set up ...also how old/big is your fort...if you perhaps take a pic of the underside and area of the tail some can guess for you the sex????

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Apologies...I am using my dumb smart phone and it likes to change up words...please replace the word "fort" with "tort"...lol

 

[coreyc]

Welcome

 

[tizziliz]

Thanks guys! Well... setting as getting this tort was a completely unplanned addition, we've got it just in a tub right now while I build a turtle table set up for it. The boys (i live with my boyfriend, a roommate, & my brother... collectively 'the boys') have him out in the yard right now (& he still won't graze) since we're actually getting warm weather & sun! I well get some pics here soon & post them.

 

[tizziliz]

Oh... No clue as to it's age (maybe 1 or 2 years) and it's between 6-8 inches.

 

[Jacob]

Welcome to the forum

 

[dmarcus]

Hello Liz and welcome to the forum...

 

[tizziliz]

Well, I apparently can't figure out how to ads more than 1 picture while on my phone... But here's 1 picture to try to figure out gender.

 

[Yvonne G]

Probably female, and a bit older than 1 or 2 years. More like 3 or 4.

 

[tortadise]

welcome. Does appear to be a female, But still bit early to tell.

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Welcome!

 

[TORTOISEMAN1]

Welcome!