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Your enclosure looks kinda dry, baby sulcatas need lots of humidity
Here are my favorite threads about sulcatas and how to raise them this is about the best enclosures for sulcata tortoises
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Closed-Chambers#axzz1hkZxITMK
These are care sheets , one is for leopard tortoises but it works really well for sulcatas . Tom's how to raise hathcling sulcatas is the most important though
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-How-To-Raise-Sulcata-Hatchlings-and-Babies#axzz1i4Ds8pC6
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Leopard-Tortoise-Care-Sheet#axzz1i4Ds8pC6
This one is about hatchling failure syndrome and how to prevent it http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Hatchling-Failure-Syndrome#axzz1i4Ds8pC6
These threads are about pyramiding
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-The-End-Of-Pyramiding#axzz1i4Ds8pC6
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-The-End-Of-Pyramiding-II-The-Leopards#axzz1i4Ds8pC6
You should also really ,really read this link Its called the Sulcata Challenge Sulcata Challenge
Good food links
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Calcium-rich-gel-food-for-supplementation#axzz1kotpP3QK
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread...ises-The-Balanced-Diet-Revealed#axzz1kotpP3QK
Other links
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread...on-the-difference-the-sun-makes#axzz1kotpP3QK
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread...ive-or-Beginner-Tortoise-Owners#axzz1lBJMwX8C
I of course don't want to discourage you at all from getting a sulcata but you should know what you are getting into before you get one. They get LARGE fast... VERY FAST. and they are expensive. I have never spent so much money on any animal as I have my tortoise to give them everything they need. Creating enclosure for a 15 pound four year old Sulcata tortoise is expensive and hard work This is how big a sulcata will be in just four years
Your enclosure looks kinda dry, baby sulcatas need lots of humidity
Here are my favorite threads about sulcatas and how to raise them this is about the best enclosures for sulcata tortoises
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Closed-Chambers#axzz1hkZxITMK
These are care sheets , one is for leopard tortoises but it works really well for sulcatas . Tom's how to raise hathcling sulcatas is the most important though
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-How-To-Raise-Sulcata-Hatchlings-and-Babies#axzz1i4Ds8pC6
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Leopard-Tortoise-Care-Sheet#axzz1i4Ds8pC6
This one is about hatchling failure syndrome and how to prevent it http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Hatchling-Failure-Syndrome#axzz1i4Ds8pC6
These threads are about pyramiding
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-The-End-Of-Pyramiding#axzz1i4Ds8pC6
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-The-End-Of-Pyramiding-II-The-Leopards#axzz1i4Ds8pC6
You should also really ,really read this link Its called the Sulcata Challenge Sulcata Challenge
Good food links
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Calcium-rich-gel-food-for-supplementation#axzz1kotpP3QK
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread...ises-The-Balanced-Diet-Revealed#axzz1kotpP3QK
Other links
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread...on-the-difference-the-sun-makes#axzz1kotpP3QK
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread...ive-or-Beginner-Tortoise-Owners#axzz1lBJMwX8C
I of course don't want to discourage you at all from getting a sulcata but you should know what you are getting into before you get one. They get LARGE fast... VERY FAST. and they are expensive. I have never spent so much money on any animal as I have my tortoise to give them everything they need. Creating enclosure for a 15 pound four year old Sulcata tortoise is expensive and hard work This is how big a sulcata will be in just four years