New member from mountain

[epenbecks]

Hi,
Introduce me a new member. Live in mountain area, Wrightwood, California.
Having this sulcata for 2 months now. I think her age between 1 or 2 yrs now.
I build a cage for her and I combined it with a container (with lid, not in the picture) so i can put heater inside the container.
I hope i can learn a lot from this forum.
Btw, i have big backyard so i'm open if someone need re-home their tortoise.

Thank you.

 

[Tom]

Hi,
Introduce me a new member. Live in mountain area, Wrightwood, California.
Having this sulcata for 2 months now. I think her age between 1 or 2 yrs now.
I build a cage for her and I combined it with a container (with lid, not in the picture) so i can put heater inside the container.
I hope i can learn a lot from this forum.
Btw, i have big backyard so i'm open if someone need re-home their tortoise.

Thank you.

Hello and welcome.

What is the length of this tortoise? They really shouldn't live outdoors full time until they are around 10 inches. When that time comes, you'll need an insulated, heated night box. This species needs an 80+ degree night box all year long. Here are two examples:

Single Tortoise Night Box

I like my larger tortoises to live outside full time. My climate permits this year round with a little help. For people who live where it snows all winter, this type of box is still good for warmer weather, getting them out earlier in Spring, and keeping them out a bit later into fall. You'll...

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Double Door Night Box

As the years have gone by and I build more of these boxes, I learn more and more each time. This one is the latest and I incorporated everything I've learned over the years. I also tried to take lots of pics so I can explain in more detail some of what is going on. It will take multiple posts to...

tortoiseforum.org

What is your plan for winter when it snows up there and the nights turn cold?

Here are a couple of threads with all sorts of helpful info that you won't find elsewhere:

The Best Way To Raise A Sulcata, Leopard, Or Star Tortoise

I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. Babies hatch during the...

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Info For New People. Please Read This First.

Hello and welcome to tortoiseforum.org! We are all glad you are here! There is no other forum like this anywhere. We have tens of thousands of members from all over the world ranging from kids with their first tortoise to people who have been breeding and keeping high end tortoises since the...

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Questions are welcome.

 

[wellington]

Please read the threads Tom left you and give that tortoise a bigger area to roam when outside. A lot bigger if it's 10 inches or more and that black box does not work for heat as he can not get away from the heat if he gets too hot.
Changes are needed ASAP.

 

[Ray--Opo]

Welcome, the info Tom gave you will be all you need.
What Wellington said is right on. The bigger the better once they are big enough. 10 in makes it hard for birds of prey to fly off with them. When you get setup correctly see if you're satisfied with 1 sully. I thought I wanted to rescue more sulcata's. But found for myself 1 is enough. There are plenty to rescue if that's what you want to do.

 

[epenbecks]

Hello and welcome.

What is the length of this tortoise? They really shouldn't live outdoors full time until they are around 10 inches. When that time comes, you'll need an insulated, heated night box. This species needs an 80+ degree night box all year long. Here are two examples:

Single Tortoise Night Box

I like my larger tortoises to live outside full time. My climate permits this year round with a little help. For people who live where it snows all winter, this type of box is still good for warmer weather, getting them out earlier in Spring, and keeping them out a bit later into fall. You'll...

tortoiseforum.org

Double Door Night Box

As the years have gone by and I build more of these boxes, I learn more and more each time. This one is the latest and I incorporated everything I've learned over the years. I also tried to take lots of pics so I can explain in more detail some of what is going on. It will take multiple posts to...

tortoiseforum.org

What is your plan for winter when it snows up there and the nights turn cold?

Here are a couple of threads with all sorts of helpful info that you won't find elsewhere:

The Best Way To Raise A Sulcata, Leopard, Or Star Tortoise

I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. Babies hatch during the...

tortoiseforum.org

Info For New People. Please Read This First.

Hello and welcome to tortoiseforum.org! We are all glad you are here! There is no other forum like this anywhere. We have tens of thousands of members from all over the world ranging from kids with their first tortoise to people who have been breeding and keeping high end tortoises since the...

tortoiseforum.org

Questions are welcome.

My tortoise is 6" long. If i hangout or working in my backyard, usually i put the tortoise outside the cage so she can walk around.

Yes that's my plan to make the cage bigger. And just fyi, that black container has opening at the side so the tortoise can go in and out to the cage.

Thank you for your examples Tom. Definitely i'll make one of those night box when the winter come.

 

[Tom]

My tortoise is 6" long. If i hangout or working in my backyard, usually i put the tortoise outside the cage so she can walk around.

Yes that's my plan to make the cage bigger. And just fyi, that black container has opening at the side so the tortoise can go in and out to the cage.

Thank you for your examples Tom. Definitely i'll make one of those night box when the winter come.

Free roaming in the yard will result in one disaster or another. They need to be in their own enclosure.

This tortoise needs a large indoor enclosure for nights and cooler days. Your current housing is okay for warm days, but the tortoise should live mostly indoors at this size in a large closed chamber enclosure.

 

[epenbecks]

Free roaming in the yard will result in one disaster or another. They need to be in their own enclosure.

This tortoise needs a large indoor enclosure for nights and cooler days. Your current housing is okay for warm days, but the tortoise should live mostly indoors at this size in a large closed chamber enclosure.

Got it. I will work to make the enclosure bigger for now. Thank you Tom.