Newbie from California!

[Norma Hill]

Hello all!

I am a newbie and I'm here to learn how to keep my sully healthy and happy!

 

[G-stars]

Hello and welcome.

Stick around and learn. Lots of experienced tortoise people here.

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Welcome to TFO!

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

Hello Norma welcome to the TFO from AZ . Torts Rule !

 

[bouaboua]

Welcome to the forum. Good to have you here. Welcome.

 

[russian/sulcata/tortoise]

welcome to the forums!

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Welcome from south Florida

 

[Heather H]

Hi and welcome

 

[Yvonne G]

Welcome to the forum, Norma!

 

[Dizisdalife]

Welcome to the Forum. You may have guessed already, but we love to see pictures. Lots of pictures.

 

[Tom]

Hello and welcome. Good sulcata weather in Ontario.

What size sulcata do you have? What are you doing for it so far?

 

[Momof4]

Welcome!! We love photos!

 

[Norma Hill]

Hello and welcome. Good sulcata weather in Ontario.

What size sulcata do you have? What are you doing for it so far?[/QUOT
He/she is about a palm size. I believe 2 years old. I have had him/her for about three months. I thought his bumpy back didn't look right. Turns out he/needs humidity! I am now soaking him spraying for humidity and raising heat. I feed him/her hay and green lettuces. Give him/her calcium once a week. Is there anything else I can do for him/her?

 

[cmacusa3]

That's a nice enclosure but it needs a lot of changes, I would advise you to read Tom's care sheets.

 

[Tom]

That enclosure is going to work just fine and here is what you need to do with it:
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/how-to-raise-a-healthy-sulcata-or-leopard-version-2-0.79895/
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/closed-chambers.32333/

And these will really help too.
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/beginner-mistakes.45180/
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/for-those-who-have-a-young-sulcata.76744/

Looks like you got the typical old outdated advice. You'll need to get a better substrate, add a humid hide, replace the red bulb, etc... Its all explained in the care sheets above.

 

[TortsNTurtles]

Welcome!

 

[Norma Hill]

That enclosure is going to work just fine and here is what you need to do with it:
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/how-to-raise-a-healthy-sulcata-or-leopard-version-2-0.79895/
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/closed-chambers.32333/

And these will really help too.
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/beginner-mistakes.45180/
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/for-those-who-have-a-young-sulcata.76744/

Looks like you got the typical old outdated advice. You'll need to get a better substrate, add a humid hide, replace the red bulb, etc... Its all explained in the care sheets above.

Thank you I will get to reading!

 

[pam]

Welcome

 

[mike taylor]

Welcome to TFO! Follow Tom's advice and you'll have a beautiful adult sulcata one day . Here's Tom's care sheets hard at work . See how smooth my leopards are? I also have a little smooth sulcata but lost my photos .

 

[Carol S]

Welcome to the Forum!