Newbie buying to setup

[Mel1984]

So I’ve been doing tons of reading. Please confirm this is what I need, I do not want pyramiding. It’s a 2 month sulcata. Not picking up till I’m setup.

- enclosure with no open glass
- humidity 80% w a humidifier/ mister
- moist cypress mulch bedding
- water dish that it can’t drown in
- limestone type food platter
-hutt
-temp gauge
-uvb ceramic light ( is this on 24hr?)
- orchard grass

 

[wellington]

No mister.
The enclosure needs to be closed all around whether glass, wood or plastic, a closed chamber.
I prefer coconut coir with orchid bark on top or just one of them.
Clay saucer for water. Some also use them for food. I prefer a flat piece of slate or a flatter plastic plate. Nothing has to be limestone.
No orchard grass hay for babies
Tube fluorescent for uvb
Incandescent FLOOD bulb for basking
Ceramic heat emitter for any needed day heat and for night heat on a thermostat.
Temps never lower than 80 day and night
Basking temp 95-100
Humidity 80% by dampening substrate.

 

[Mel1984]

No mister.
The enclosure needs to be closed all around whether glass, wood or plastic, a closed chamber.
I prefer coconut coir with orchid bark on top or just one of them.
Clay saucer for water. Some also use them for food. I prefer a flat piece of slate or a flatter plastic plate. Nothing has to be limestone.
No orchard grass hay for babies
Tube fluorescent for uvb
Incandescent FLOOD bulb for basking
Ceramic heat emitter for any needed day heat and for night heat on a thermostat.
Temps never lower than 80 day and night
Basking temp 95-100
Humidity 80% by dampening substrate.

What are you feeding your babies?

 

[The_Four_Toed_Edward]

What are you feeding your babies?

You might find this thread helpful: https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/for-those-who-have-a-young-sulcata.76744/

 

[wellington]

What are you feeding your babies?

I have adult leopards, but similar care as sulcata. I'm in Chicago. When they were babies, I fed any safe weeds, flowers and leaves I could find. I also added soaked mazuri and cactus pads. For grocery greens, I fed spring mix minus spinach, escarole, arugula, endive, small amounts of kale, collard and mustard greens and added any stuff I dried or froze from summer.
Hay is for adults. You can try feeding orchard grass hay, but it needs to be chopped up small and soaked. Adults can eat it without cutting and soaked
You will need a large heated shed in about 3 years or less for your sulcata to survive your Wisconsin winters. When he's around 10 inches long.