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[BrianA123]

Hello,

My name is Brian. I live in Utah and my wife and I recently purchased a baby Sulcata. We are both new to the hobby. We have had "Sheldon" for about two weeks now. So far he seems to be doing well. We keep him inside all the time right now as it is snowy. I am in the process of designing a tortoise table for him (I'm assuming it is a he).

 

[Turtleswagg]

welcome, got pix?

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Welcome!

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi Brian:

Welcome to the Tortoise Forum!!

 

[ascott]

Welcome to the Forum We LOVE PICS

 

[Arizona Sulcata]

Welcome! Feel free to refer to me if you have any questions! I also just built my own tortoise table, it came out quite nicely.
-Austin

 

[pdrobber]

welcome

 

[hlester22]

Welcome

 

[dmarcus]

Hello Brian and welcome to the forum...

 

[Tom]

Hello and welcome. I find it very difficult to maintain the necessary conditions for a baby sulcata in an open tortoise table. Have you looked into other options?

 

[wellington]

WELCOME Please read the threads at the bottom of this post, by my signature. It is valuable info for raising a smooth healthy sulcata.

 

[TORTOISEMAN1]

Welcome to the Tortoise Forum!

 

[BrinnANDTorts]

Hello and Welcome !
Congrats on your new baby sullie!!

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

Just for fun I thought I would post a picture for size reference of how big your new LITTLE baby will be in four years lol

 

[bubbles01]

Welcome to TFO! (Great pic from Rebecca!)

 

[Jacob]

Welcome

 

[Utah Lynn]

Welcome to TFO Brian and Wife. This is the place, if you're looking for knowledge and great participation from the net.
I have Russian's myself. GOOD LUCK.

 

[Zamric]

Welcome to the Forum!

So you got yourself a Baby Dinosaure huh? Any idea how big it's gonna get? If your thinking "big"... Think again... try "REAL BIG"!

In Rebeccas (BrinnandGupta) pic, that little guy is only 4 years old. WalkingRock is 11 and 80LBS (bottom of post)... "Bob" (Maggie3fan) is 14 and in the area of 125 lbs (is that right Maggie?).

one of the links in BrinnandGumptas post is called "The Sulcata Challange"... READ THIS LINK 1st!

 

[pam]

Welcome