Sheashea176
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My two month old sulcata keeps flipping over on his back. Is this typical or not?
Sulcata behavior
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Yes typical...what is he using to flip? You need to remove whatever it is...
Sheashea176
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He is using the corner of his enclosure.
Block it off...
It may be too hot, too barren, or you may have the wrong lights that are hurting his eyes. Let's review what bulbs you've got and how you are housing him to make sure everything is optimal for a baby sulcata.
You can also refer to this:
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...
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He's trying to get away from something. You'll have to be the detective and figure out what's making him want to escape. . . lights to bright, temperature not right, not enough food, etc. I find mine on their back if I'm late with the food.
ss22matt
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I think mine believes he's a spider or something. He will spend most of the day carefully walking vertically on the walls. Not sure how he does it without flipping over lol
