JerrodR
New Member
Hello!
Recently acquired a 2-4 year old Sulcata tort from the reptile convention. He’s been living with us for around 2 months or so. He has pretty severe pyramiding from the breeder who is from CT. I did some research before purchasing and I’m very aware of the potential reasons people give them away. However, I’m always looking for improvement to make sure I’m doing the right thing for my Ozzy dude.
Videos on YouTube and much of the research on sulcatas is based out of Southern United States. So it’s very hard to gain advice from people who live in a climate that becomes so cold in the winter simply because not many of us own them up here!
He has a tortoise table inside for now. Since he’s still on the small size. I have UV lights and a heat light that comes as a package deal from the pet store or whatever. His bedding is made of Cyprus mulch for the floor and then I added a lot more in his hide as well as hay that he can burrow under to conserve heat. He seems to be doing alright with that. The heat under the light is about 95 degrees and in the back where he sleeps get from 70 degrees to around 72. His humidity level is consistently around 50-70.
His food is obviously supplemented with calcium regularly. I’d say every other day. He does not eat the orchid grass hay that I add in there. He doesn’t seem to eat lawn grass either (I know that there are not harmful chemicals added to the grass.) His diet has been a mix between dandelion greens, turnip greens, Swiss chard, romaine lettuce, and I’ve also given him mustard greens as well. His treats that he gets MAYBE once or twice a week are cactus pads I bought, once a week I give him a handful of alfalfa that he seems to like. Besides that, I haven’t really tried anything else.
He’s a little older so I give him a nice long soak lasting 20 or so minutes twice a week, and he always has water readily available.
If there are changes I should make or if I’m doing stuff that works, I need the reassurance haha. I just want to be positive.
Thank you guys!!!
Recently acquired a 2-4 year old Sulcata tort from the reptile convention. He’s been living with us for around 2 months or so. He has pretty severe pyramiding from the breeder who is from CT. I did some research before purchasing and I’m very aware of the potential reasons people give them away. However, I’m always looking for improvement to make sure I’m doing the right thing for my Ozzy dude.
Videos on YouTube and much of the research on sulcatas is based out of Southern United States. So it’s very hard to gain advice from people who live in a climate that becomes so cold in the winter simply because not many of us own them up here!
He has a tortoise table inside for now. Since he’s still on the small size. I have UV lights and a heat light that comes as a package deal from the pet store or whatever. His bedding is made of Cyprus mulch for the floor and then I added a lot more in his hide as well as hay that he can burrow under to conserve heat. He seems to be doing alright with that. The heat under the light is about 95 degrees and in the back where he sleeps get from 70 degrees to around 72. His humidity level is consistently around 50-70.
His food is obviously supplemented with calcium regularly. I’d say every other day. He does not eat the orchid grass hay that I add in there. He doesn’t seem to eat lawn grass either (I know that there are not harmful chemicals added to the grass.) His diet has been a mix between dandelion greens, turnip greens, Swiss chard, romaine lettuce, and I’ve also given him mustard greens as well. His treats that he gets MAYBE once or twice a week are cactus pads I bought, once a week I give him a handful of alfalfa that he seems to like. Besides that, I haven’t really tried anything else.
He’s a little older so I give him a nice long soak lasting 20 or so minutes twice a week, and he always has water readily available.
If there are changes I should make or if I’m doing stuff that works, I need the reassurance haha. I just want to be positive.
Thank you guys!!!
