How offten do Sulcatas sleep? And how long?
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from what i understand and have read it varies.Babies sleep most of the time in thier hides only coming out to eat and roam around for a bit.If you keep them on a time table usually as Adults they will stick to it coming out and roaming around during the day and sleeping at night.They dont hibernate so they shouldnt be sleeping for long periods of time(like 24hrs).Sometimes they will sleep or seem slugish when they are dehydrated if this is whats happening a good soak in some luke warm water should get them up and moving.How old is your Sulcata?
*im not a super expert this is just my experiance and what i have read around the forum*
*im not a super expert this is just my experiance and what i have read around the forum*
Well I have three very young ones I'm estimating one to be like 3 months and another about 2 months and my baby is nitro I think its about a few weeks old.
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-How-To-Raise-Sulcata-Hatchlings-and-Babies#axzz1YzhJyCcT
your little ones are still considered babies so i got you a link to taking care of Sulcata hatchling/babies.Sometimes its just a few key element like substrate and humidity that can cause your little one to slow down a bit with activity.
How long are they sleeping?
your little ones are still considered babies so i got you a link to taking care of Sulcata hatchling/babies.Sometimes its just a few key element like substrate and humidity that can cause your little one to slow down a bit with activity.
How long are they sleeping?
They are on peate moss currently and I'm honestly not too sure but seems like always that they sleep.
do they come out and eat at all?
what are your temps and lighting?
humidty? do you soak them? what do you feed?
what are your temps and lighting?
humidty? do you soak them? what do you feed?
Jaburto99 said:
IWilbur (my baby) sleeps most of the time. He comes out to bask under his light and eat. But, being a baby, he does mostly sleep.
Ha yeah they come out with the food that's for sure. And I'm not sure about the lighting but I got all the stuff the guy told me. I ill take pictures and show my set up soon.
sullys can be lazy 
Its normal for babies to sleep and hide a lot. Appetite is a good indicator of health in a case like this.
You mentioned "the guy" and the stuff he told you to get. A lot of breeders and tortoise keepers are still clinging to old and incorrect ways of keeping tortoises. They keep them in "beef jerky maker" style set-ups with rabbit pellets and no water bowl. Does this sound like where yours came from? We are all happy to share what we have learned in recent years. All you have to do is ask.
You mentioned "the guy" and the stuff he told you to get. A lot of breeders and tortoise keepers are still clinging to old and incorrect ways of keeping tortoises. They keep them in "beef jerky maker" style set-ups with rabbit pellets and no water bowl. Does this sound like where yours came from? We are all happy to share what we have learned in recent years. All you have to do is ask.
You need:
1. A water bowl. I like terra cotta saucers. Bury it so its flush with the substrate.
2. A humid hide. Plastic shoe boxes work great. Just cut a door hole, put in some substrate and wet it down.
3. Ditch the screen top. Its filtering out some of your UV. Use a Zoomed lamp stand or hang it from above. This will also allow you to adjust the lamp up or down to get the temps just right. It will work better if you cover some or most of the top with something solid to hold in heat and humidity. Just leave enough space for your light fixtures.
4. Unless your house stays 80 all the time, you need some night heat. They need it dark at night so your other bulb won't work. I like CHEs, but colored bulbs will work too.
5. Put a piece of slate or flagstone directly under your bulb for basking. Makes it much easier to accurately measure your basking temps too.
6. Daily soaks. Babies can dehydrate overnight in a set up like that, especially with out a water bowl.
Have you read this?
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-How-To-Raise-Sulcata-Hatchlings-and-Babies#axzz1ZSj6UNT5
Its all in there...
1. A water bowl. I like terra cotta saucers. Bury it so its flush with the substrate.
2. A humid hide. Plastic shoe boxes work great. Just cut a door hole, put in some substrate and wet it down.
3. Ditch the screen top. Its filtering out some of your UV. Use a Zoomed lamp stand or hang it from above. This will also allow you to adjust the lamp up or down to get the temps just right. It will work better if you cover some or most of the top with something solid to hold in heat and humidity. Just leave enough space for your light fixtures.
4. Unless your house stays 80 all the time, you need some night heat. They need it dark at night so your other bulb won't work. I like CHEs, but colored bulbs will work too.
5. Put a piece of slate or flagstone directly under your bulb for basking. Makes it much easier to accurately measure your basking temps too.
6. Daily soaks. Babies can dehydrate overnight in a set up like that, especially with out a water bowl.
Have you read this?
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-How-To-Raise-Sulcata-Hatchlings-and-Babies#axzz1ZSj6UNT5
Its all in there...
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