We recently became owners of a sulcata. A family member's teenage son had kept her in a 20 gallon tank under their bed. She was found there with marker and paint colored all over her shell. We brought her home and visited an exotic animal pet store that we love. The employee was very helpful and stated she was a sulcata, about 10-12 years old. And aside from her size she was in good shape.
She currently measures about 6 1/2" from shell end to shell end long, 5 1/2" wide and about 3" HIGH. We have had her about a month and did not measure her when we first got her, but she does seem to have gotten bigger. Does anyone know if her growth will rebound?
We moved her into her new home, which is a 3' * 4' Pallet that we constructed to enclose her. We used play sand as our substrate with a shelter and a heating lamp. So far no UV light(she gets outside time for now until the snow comes and then we will get the light).
As far as her diet she eats when she gets her outside time which can vary from 30 min. - 3 hrs. She just grazes on the clovers and dandelions.
We included some pics of Clover, Please any help or info. would be greatly appreciated.
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She currently measures about 6 1/2" from shell end to shell end long, 5 1/2" wide and about 3" HIGH. We have had her about a month and did not measure her when we first got her, but she does seem to have gotten bigger. Does anyone know if her growth will rebound?
We moved her into her new home, which is a 3' * 4' Pallet that we constructed to enclose her. We used play sand as our substrate with a shelter and a heating lamp. So far no UV light(she gets outside time for now until the snow comes and then we will get the light).
As far as her diet she eats when she gets her outside time which can vary from 30 min. - 3 hrs. She just grazes on the clovers and dandelions.
We included some pics of Clover, Please any help or info. would be greatly appreciated.
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