I am new and I want to know if I am doing things right!

[Chubbs the tegu]

Yeah i love jack to death but looking into the future i dont know if i could handle 2

 

[vadoredouardo]

ok thanks for everything, to you think I could to a very big space for both of them, a custom one cause i could do One I think with a very big boxe for both of them.

Plus About the bulliying, they are getting very well along and are eating together like brothers. and I dont know if they are male or female if soeone could help me with that.

 

[vadoredouardo]

tomorow mornign I could get you pics of them cause they are sleeping now

 

[KarenSoCal]

ok thanks for everything, to you think I could to a very big space for both of them, a custom one cause i could do One I think with a very big boxe for both of them.

Plus About the bulliying, they are getting very well along and are eating together like brothers. and I dont know if they are male or female if soeone could help me with that.

The smaller one is being bullied now. In post #2 you said she is smaller, more time in the hide, eating after the larger one...these are all signs of bullying.

So no, you cannot make a box big enough for both of them. The bullying will continue and get worse, until they actually fight and hurt each other.

They are too young to know their gender. It will be a few years until you know for sure. It doesn't really matter...even if male and female, he will continually try to mate with her, to the point of her being injured, and even dying.

They cannot stay together.

 

[vadoredouardo]

ok thank you very much, that make me sad because i thought they could get along and lived a perfect life but you can always get what you want in life.

Do some of you have links of very bigs plastics boxes so i could get two of they for my torts.

 

[vadoredouardo]

the third one is fake by the way

 

[vadoredouardo]

could I used this if I put something in the middle to make to parts for them
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N17VPOR/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20

 

[vadoredouardo]

Hello I already posted another thread yesterday on my tortoises,
https://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/i-am-new-and-i-want-to-know-if-i-am-doing-things-right.177643

I joined yesterday and I need help, because on the first thread, they told me that my enclosure was too small dn I should separate them(knowing I have two about 1 1/2 years old), that is why I wanted to ask you guys if a big sandbox could do the thing if I separate in the middle and they would both have one side.

thesandbox is on this link:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N17VPOR/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20

Thank you in advance,

Edouard

 

[vadoredouardo]

I was thinking after I did everything right with your help, that I could buy three babies in a different enclosure, I have the money and the space needed, It is from a local breeder and they have a lot of them.
link: https://miami.craigslist.org/mdc/pet/d/miami-sulcata-tortoise/6970748818.html

 

[Maro2Bear]

From what I see, The problem with the new proposed sandbox enclosure is that it’s very hard to maintain the required humidity levels. Yes, you can divide in half, but hard to keep them enclosed.

Id also remove the fske tort, just one more confusing thing for your torts.

Good luck

 

[vadoredouardo]

ok thank you maro2bear for this info but to maintain humidity what is the best think for them in typeof enclosure

 

[vadoredouardo]

actually I just saw that they are about the same size

 

[Ray--Opo]

Welcome Edouard, take the advice you have been given. They are solitary reptiles so buddies are not needed. The light you are using can cause blindness. The flouresnt tube type are best. They need complete darkness when sleeping. A CHE can give you the heat they need at night. The biggest storage bin you can find for each of them will work. You will have to cover the top to keep the humidity and heat in. Your little buddy's are pyramiding( bumpy shell)that is caused by having a dry environment. Do you soak them everyday for 1/2hr in warm water? Also NO FRUIT not good for a sulcata diet.
Here are a few things you really need.
A infrared temp gun to spot check the whole enclosure.Also you really need 2 of these temp/ hydrometer for each enclosure. They have wire probes that you can place low in the enclosure at critical spots.

 

[KarenSoCal]

I'm thinking that you have not read the care sheets linked in post # 5 by Ellie Mae.

Here is another one for you.

https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/how-to-raise-a-healthy-sulcata-or-leopard-version-2-0.79895/

Please carefully read all 3 of these. They will help you a lot!

 

[vadoredouardo]

ok thanks a lot, the reptile shop where i bought them, told me to soak them once a week, so I listen t them but I see that this is very bad and i am gonna to what you said for everything thank you. If you have any link on amazon or so please I need them becuase I cant find anything for it.

 

[Ray--Opo]

Hey Edouard, like the other answer from Mark. Once you put lights and heating elements in there. You really don't have the height. Once you put the substrate in there you will lose more height. Unless you could build a framework above it with a cover to completely enclose everything.

 

[KarenSoCal]

Edouard, starting a separate thread will only make everyone, including you, confused. The same members will see this thread as your original one, so you will get the same answers.

However, if you want, you could start a thread in the sulcata sub-forum. In your first post there, put a link to your original post. Or ask one of the moderators to merge these threads.
@Yvonne G
@wellington

 

[vadoredouardo]

ok thank you very much karensocal

 

[KarenSoCal]

Here you go!
This first one takes months to get after ordered.

https://apcages.com/collections/terrestrial-cages

This 2nd one is built by a member of this forum. Here's the post he made about it. You would contact him by a private message.

Remember, you would need 2 of them, 1 for each tort.



https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/best-tortoise-enclosure-yet.175661/

 

[vadoredouardo]

thank you everyone your are the bests, I am gonna see what i can do and see if I have questiosn later, your are all very helpful to me. I am only 14 and I dont know a lot so yeah.