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[Hannanz]

I have spent the past week reading all the care sheets that told me everything I have been doing for the week prior to discovering this forum has been wrong (I know I’m not the first though!)
Our Edisto (sulcata) was a total impulse buy from a zoo (CRINGE!!!) and everything the person told me to do was wrong. I don’t have any questions or problems yet, I’m just working through all the care sheet data and making necessary adjustments. Thank you all so much for this forum. I know Edisto will live a long healthy life because of it. Anyone have a sulcata in Eastern Kentucky? Did I make a huge (haha) mistake? I’m not looking to re-home her, but I would like to hear success stories from my region because it’s looking like I impulse purchased a species that just won’t thrive here. I know, I know… duuuhhhh. Anyone out there make it work?

 

[wellington]

Let me just say. If you have the room and the means/money to give your sulcata a nice big heated shed when the time comes, he will do just as good there as any other place. In fact, there are Sulcatas in colder places than yours that do great. It's all in raising them correctly as little ones and providing the space for when they are large.
Buying on impulse, no matter what species is not the best. As you are finding out. Planning first would have likely saved you all the wrong purchases. But, it all can be fixed.

 

[Hannanz]

Thankfully, we do have the space and the means to provide her with a heated shed for the winter. I don’t know what I was thinking but I am very grateful for this forum, and the knowledge you all share. I’m happy to have Edisto in my life, I didn’t realize just how much care they require the first few years but hopeful all the wrongs have been corrected in the past week and s/he will thrive moving forward!! This tortoise is lucky to have me too, I always figure it out ❤️

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Hello and welcome to the forum

 

[TammyJ]

Hi and all the best!

 

[jeff kushner]

You have hit the motherlode of talent by finding this place H!


Take the time to read the care sheets for Edisto and you'll be set, with a great set of reference talent here if you need it!

Little Edisto.....will by 10 times that size in a year! LOL

Congrats and welcome.
jeff

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi, and welcome!

 

[Tom]

Hello and welcome. Have you found this one yet?

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[Hannanz]

Always worth another read through if I haven’t already, thank you!

 

[Maro2Bear]

Welcome! Our “little” Sully is at the stage where I can barely lift her or encourage her in any one direction. We just relocated Sully outside now where she will enjoy fresh everything until Old Man Winter arrives. Then it will be another wrestling match into her indoor Winter quarters.

One Hundred Plus Pounds of Tortoise

 

[Tim Carlisle]

Welcome! Our “little” Sully is at the stage where I can barely lift her or encourage her in any one direction. We just relocated Sully outside now where she will enjoy fresh everything until Old Man Winter arrives. Then it will be another wrestling match into her indoor Winter quarters.

One Hundred Plus Pounds of Tortoise

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Fine looking specimen!