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[Suzanne klein]

My name is Suzanne and I have 11 sulcatas. From what I can tell they are all males and I have rescued all of the from the San Diego Tortoise society. I am excited to read through everyones topics and learn more good tips about theses guys. I have been having aggression issues with thhhe bigger ones lately and they are always trying to mate with each other and pointers?

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi Suzanne:

Welcome to the forum!!

I'm surprised the club would allow you to adopt that many sulcatas. The only thing available to you is to separate the aggressor into a pen of his own. I can imagine, down the road, 11 separate pens.

Some sulcatas can live peacefully in a "herd" situation, and some just plain "Vant to be alone!"

 

[egyptiandan]

Welcome to the forum Suzanne

Danny

 

[Suzanne klein]

Hi Suzanne:

Welcome to the forum!!

I'm surprised the club would allow you to adopt that many sulcatas. The only thing available to you is to separate the aggressor into a pen of his own. I can imagine, down the road, 11 separate pens.

Some sulcatas can live peacefully in a "herd" situation, and some just plain "Vant to be alone!"

 

[movealongmosey]

Welcome Suzanne.
Thats a lot of sulcatas, are they all adults? How long have you been keeping them?

 

[Suzanne klein]

Hi Suzanne:

Welcome to the forum!!

I'm surprised the club would allow you to adopt that many sulcatas. The only thing available to you is to separate the aggressor into a pen of his own. I can imagine, down the road, 11 separate pens.

Some sulcatas can live peacefully in a "herd" situation, and some just plain "Vant to be alone!"

I have 6 little ones that are in there own pen and one large one in his own and two others in there own pen and a very large one that romes the yard. The very large one is trying to get two the others ones and is always trying to break in. The two in the other pen usualy get along fine but one of them is always trying to mate with the other and they are both males. The resuce has so many that need homes and I just had enough land for them for know. I am not sure what I will do when they are all huge but I hope I have alittle more time before I have to worry about that. I am not to sure how to use this forum but I will keep trying. Thanks for the welcome.

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Welcome Suzanne.
Thats a lot of sulcatas, are they all adults? How long have you been keeping them?

I am not sure the age of any of them. One is about 40 lbs the other 3 are around 20lbs and the others are less than 10 lbs. I got my first one about 5 years ago.

 

[Missy]

I think you are a Sulcata addict, LOL. If I had the land and $$ I would be to. Welcome to the forum.

 

[terryo]

Welcome to the forum Suzanne! How about some pictures? or did you already post some and I missed them...

 

[spikethebest]

Welcome to the forum!!

What do you feed all of them? How much does that cost or do you get the food donated?

 

[Becki]

Welcome Suzanne!

 

[Suzanne klein]

Welcome to the forum Suzanne! How about some pictures? or did you already post some and I missed them...

I have not figured out how to post photos. I will work on that

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I think you are a Sulcata addict, LOL. If I had the land and $$ I would be to. Welcome to the forum.

I think I may be as well. I just feel bad to see so many needing homes. They do cost alot in food

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Welcome to the forum!!

What do you feed all of them? How much does that cost or do you get the food donated?

I buy alot of romain heart and other veggies from the $0.99 store and I also try to grow them things but I just can not keep up with them. I can not find any stores that will donate food so for know it comes out of my pocket and that is alot each month. I am trying to figure out how to plant there pen with out them eating everything before it has a chance to grow any pointers?

 

[spikethebest]

if you email me the pictures, i can post them for you... [email protected]

have you tried Mazuri Tortoise food? they have it in a 25 lb bag. that could last you awhile...

 

[Suzanne klein]

Welcome Suzanne!

thanks

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if you email me the pictures, i can post them for you... [email protected]

have you tried Mazuri Tortoise food? they have it in a 25 lb bag. that could last you awhile...

I do offer them that as well but was told it is very high in protein and to not use very often.

 

[spikethebest]

when planting, put up fencing, or walls, or pilwood up so the tortoises cant get it to, and move their area to it once it has grown up, then plant the area they used to be, and close off that area.

or plant in very large above ground pots and trim from that. do you have mulberry trees in your area?

 

[Isa]

Welcome to the forum

 

[Suzanne klein]

when planting, put up fencing, or walls, or pilwood up so the tortoises cant get it to, and move their area to it once it has grown up, then plant the area they used to be, and close off that area.

or plant in very large above ground pots and trim from that. do you have mulberry trees in your area?

I will try that. Thanks for the great advice

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Welcome to the forum

thanks. My sisters last name is Isa

 

[jensgotfaith]

Welcome! I would do love to see your place. That many in one place I would be like a kid in a candy store. How much land do you have? This is definitely the right place to be for information and support.

 

[spikethebest]

here are the pictures...

 

[Suzanne klein]

here are the pictures...

thank you so much. I could not get pictures of all of them some had already gone to bed.

 

[Yvonne G]

Looks like the guy in that last picture had a terrible accident. What happened?

How big is the yard where the biggest tortoise is? Maybe you can divide it up and let the smaller guys out there while you plant their pen.