Sulcata in cold climates?

Smazril

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Where abouts are you. My wife is a CVT/RVT as well. I only do PBR bullriding and football.
I'm living in Bend and working at a mixed animal practice in Redmond. I'm slowly learning more and more about roping and bareback bronco riding. A large portion of our staff heads down to Vegas for nationals in December either for roping or watching a relative/friend ride.
 

Cowboy_Ken

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We used to haul over to Bend for weekend horse camping trips. We've got family up in Hermiston/umatillia. We've spent lots of time in Sisters.
Karen is at a mixed small/large practice as well. I think if a clinic is gonna make it here they've got to be mixed. Lol.
 

Delilah1623

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Haha yes, I am in Brewers territory.... but I am actually Canadian and spent a year in WA and a weekend in OR and I have a friend in CA so when people ask why I'm a Giants fan I will start a really long convoluted explanation of the above until they stop listening.... then smile and it should all blow over....
 

KellyMichelle

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The fact that you are worried about being "selfish" to keep him, makes me want to give you a big bear hug! :D Because it sounds like you are such a devoted pet-mom, I sincerely hope you can keep him. I have a young sulcata and am in FREEZING weather too. I understand exactly how you feel. It just seems wrong to have these sweet little beasties in such harsh elements. It definitely poses a whole heck of challenges! We found our sulcata wandering in a recent snow storm and no one claimed her. We plan to keep her forever and are already planning crazy construction projects in our garage work room to build a nice indoor enclosure for her during the winter and cold evenings. Right now, she's living in an ugly enclosure made of 3 giant Tupperware covered with aluminum to keep in the heat & humidity. It's still a struggle to keep up her temps, so my husband is working on a big closed chamber made of spare closet doors. On days when it is too cold outside, we exercise her in the EXACT kiddie pool you have yours in right now:) We put food all around the pool and she wanders around snacking. It's going to be a process for us and probably will be for you too. Hopefully, the more work we put in, the more our torts will thrive.

Anyway, it sounds like he is LUCKY to have landed in your care. If you decide to keep him, we can form an Arctic Sulcata club and post lots of photos and tips & tricks for keeping our beasties warm and exercised through the winter:)
Would love to be part of that thread! I'm in Dallas, TX but it gets cold during the winter down here. Would love to have a thread for snowy sullys. ❤️
 

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