New to tortoise keeping. have a baby sulcata tortoise.

[raghav123]

(sorry for my bad english)
My family member recently purchased a sulcata tortoise for my cousin who couldn’t take care of him, he ended up giving it to me today.

What do I feed him? I learned most info about tortoise care taking online is old and outdated so iv came here. How big of an enclosure should I keep him in until he’s old enough to live in my backyard. How often should I shower him? Is there any threads on this site for new tortoise keepers, if so, please link me.

 

[KarenSoCal]

Hi, and welcome to TFO! You've come to the best place to learn how to care for your baby.

I'm going to post all the links we have that you should read. Then come back with questions. Ask us about what you need to buy. Don't go to a pet store! They will sell you stuff that is overpriced, possibly dangerous, and tell you wrong info about how to care for him.

Do you have an enclosure of any kind yet? Take some pics of whatever you got from your cousin. Take some of your baby too. Include one from above him and one from below.

Beginner Mistakes

To comment on Tom's article, go here: http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-split-Beginner-Mistakes#axzz1tG8s05M5 Over the years many of us, myself included, have made many of these mistakes, and we have certainly seen them made many times by others. With springtime upon us and many new...

www.tortoiseforum.org

For Those Who Have a Young Sulcata...

Over and over I type up and answer diet questions and try to get people feeding the right stuff, but I find that the "norm" is grocery store food. Grocery store food is expensive, a hassle to obtain, and very low on the list of what is best for sulcatas. These tortoises are GRASS eaters. From...

tortoiseforum.org

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...

www.tortoiseforum.org

How To Incubate Eggs And Start Hatchlings

I put my eggs in a plastic shoe box with a lid on it and put the shoe box in the incubator. You can drill a couple of very small holes around the top of the container, but not on the lid. I use vermiculite as an incubation media. I mix it in a 1 : 1 ratio with water by weight for Sulcatas and...

tortoiseforum.org

How to set up heat in new enclosure?

I just scored on a used 4x2x2 closed enclosure. It came with a socket I will put a 60w che in. And also 4' lighting fixture with a t5ho bulb by zoo med in it. So how should I set up the heating? Do I need to add a basking light? I also have the double light fixture I believe

tortoiseforum.org