I have a great idea!!!

[Romeo Serback]

May I make a suggestion? Can somebody post a simple checklist of what a new tortoise owner might need before purchasing a tortoise? You can even break it down by certain tortoise groups like for the tropical or the desert species. An example would look like this:

Baby Sulcata needs: tortoise table, UVB light, sphagnum moss, etc., etc.

I want to make a list of what I might need for my new tortoise in the future and am not sure what type of UVB bulb and the like. Thank you!

 

[Tom]

We have care sheets that explain all of that. There is no way to make such a list. Every enclosure is a custom job and different things are needed. It would be convenient, but its not practical and it could cause problems.

Just for the sake of conversation, tortoise tables and moss are not good for for sulcata babies, and UV is not needed by some people whose tortoises get sunshine regularly.

 

[wellington]

I second Toms post. Specially about a tortoise table. Closed chambers are needed.
Then if someone was getting an older tort, some of the things needed would be changed up.
The caresheets are the best place for people to start.

 

[Romeo Serback]

We have care sheets that explain all of that. There is no way to make such a list. Every enclosure is a custom job and different things are needed. It would be convenient, but its not practical and it could cause problems.

Just for the sake of conversation, tortoise tables and moss are not good for for sulcata babies, and UV is not needed by some people whose tortoises get sunshine regularly.

 

[Romeo Serback]

And that's why i ask the questions. Lol. Thanks brother!

 

[Romeo Serback]

How do you research care sheets for a Leopard tortoise?

 

[daniellenc]

Go to the African tortoise forum on here of course.

 

[Romeo Serback]

Thank you! I see that you're a regular on here and respect all of your input.

 

[Tom]

How do you research care sheets for a Leopard tortoise?

Here they are. Sulcata, star and leopard care is all the same. Monsoon conditions for babies:
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/beginner-mistakes.45180/
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/how-to-raise-a-healthy-sulcata-or-leopard-version-2-0.79895/
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/for-those-who-have-a-young-sulcata.76744/

 

[Romeo Serback]

Here they are. Sulcata, star and leopard care is all the same. Monsoon conditions for babies:
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/beginner-mistakes.45180/
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/how-to-raise-a-healthy-sulcata-or-leopard-version-2-0.79895/
https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/for-those-who-have-a-young-sulcata.76744/

 

[Romeo Serback]

Ha! I just read this 10 minutes ago, but thanks! At least now I don't have to search again for it. I notice that there's an adoption section. I think I might go that route when I move to Florida when I have a lot of land. I notice that the most released for adoption tortoise is the sulcata.

 

[Yvonne G]

I wrote a thread with pictures a while back. I don't know how to show a link (I'm on my Kindle), but if you go to the enclosure section, it's one of the pinned threads at the top of the section - "Suggestions for setting up a baby habitat."

 

[Maro2Bear]

I wrote a thread with pictures a while back. I don't know how to show a link (I'm on my Kindle), but if you go to the enclosure section, it's one of the pinned threads at the top of the section - "Suggestions for setting up a baby habitat."

Heres that link - https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/suggestion-for-setting-up-a-baby-habitat.105903/

 

[Romeo Serback]

Thank you! You guys are awesome!!@