NEW ADDITIONS TO THE HERD!

[Anastasia]

What awesome additions! I love the photos!!!

 

[Radiated]

Why doesn't Brad let anyone go to his place?

 

[Jacob]

Very nice cant wait to see them grow and strive

 

[Yvonne G]

We met at the halfway point and did a nice Mexican lunch.

And you blind-folded them and made many, many turns and twists during your drive home?

 

[Linzbragg]

This past week, Tom and I acquired several baby sulcatas. No biggie...right? Wrong! After a lot of patience and anticipation, we met Brad (BFMorris) out in Buttf**k, Egypt (no offense Danny)...and picked up 20 of these outstanding Sudan sulcata...yes...offspring to those seen here...

http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Sulcata-250-lb-male-specimens#axzz1vQB2Ogmr

We had lunch and spent over an hour picking Brad's brain about the right (and wrong) way to raise sulcata hatchlings. Very informative...and to many...very controversial. Anyway, here are the six I selected...enjoy!

Here they are eating...sorta!

Climber II mugs it up on literally the second picture I took...

And someone seems a tad too interested to explore...

They are spending nights under a 150W CHE...but I am alternating substrates...one night, moistened Coco coir/Coconut bark mixture...the next, dry, finely chopped (about 1 - 2 inches long) orchard grass. However, their nighttime temps are right at 80*

During the day, I have them set up in a Zoo Med Tortoise House...with the bottom removed, so they can graze...and they do! They move around a lot during the day...spending a good amount of time in their hid...and an equally significant amount of time in the sun! They are also soaked about 20* in the morning and another 20 mid-to-late afternoon!

That's all for now! I'm sure Tom will be along shortly to wow us with his next line of experiments!

How are you able to bring those Sulcatas to America? Aren't only captive breed torts allowed?

 

[DeanS]

They are captive bred...but the ancestral animals were brought into the country in the late 70s/early 80s...

 

[Oogway]

yaaaaaaaay

 

[Linzbragg]

They are captive bred...but the ancestral animals were brought into the country in the late 70s/early 80s...

Gotcha! When you said Sudan Sulcatas I thought you meant you just brought them over from there

 

[DeanS]

They are captive bred...but the ancestral animals were brought into the country in the late 70s/early 80s...

Gotcha! When you said Sudan Sulcatas I thought you meant you just brought them over from there

Nah! I was referring to the fact that they are locale specific!

 

[Eweezyfosheezy]

Any updates on these warlocks??? I'm interested to see what their growth rates would be like next to just regular sulcatas.

 

[DeanS]

Basically, they've out on between 1/4 - 1/2"...I'll have more specifics soon!

 

[Melly-n-shorty]

awww man... i am bummed... i saw this thread pop up and thought there would be updated pictures and stats of these little cuties!!

 

[DeanS]

awww man... i am bummed... i saw this thread pop up and thought there would be updated pictures and stats of these little cuties!!

Soon!

 

[Melly-n-shorty]

Soon!

Is it soon yet? Lol

 

[DeanS]

All right...here's an update...with photos! The other four still have no names! They are all between 60 and 80 grams...my scale ONLY weighs in lbs and kgs...so 60 can mean 60 or 69 or anything in between! All are between 2.5" and 2.75"...that's half to three quarters of an inch of growth at two months! Here are a few photos...

Pineapple...

Sulcata 2...

Sulcata 3...

Sulcata 4...

Sulcata 5...

Climber II...

So, until next time...

 

[Tom]

Hmmm... Those look so familiar...

Lookin' good. Not surprised.

 

[DeanS]

Hmmm... Those look so familiar...

Lookin' good. Not surprised.

Looking forward to seeing yours...

 

[Melly-n-shorty]

They are coming along nicely! So happy you posted these they have gotten so big already! I really like the shape if their shells... They already look ready to plow through stuff like little tanks! You are doing great. Keep us posted!

 

[leonardo the tmnt]

i love pineapple!!

Me too she is lighter then the others

 

[DeanS]

i love pineapple!!

Me too she is lighter then the others

If you look at the most recent photo of her...that's EXACTLY what Snowflake looked liked when I first got her...before her accident!