Sully the sulcata

[Tortoiseguy804]

Hello every body!

So I have decided to start this thread about my baby sulcata tortoise named sully, I got sully on June 10th.

I did a lot of research on what I thought was good information, so I went out and bought everything I thought I needed and I set it up

I got a cement mixing tub, cypress mulch and organic top soil, I bought a red heat lamp and coil uvb, a repti ramp water dish and a hollow log type hide thing, and some collard greens

Then I was doing more research while at work and stumbled upon this forum and have learned so much from Tom and every other wonderful person here

I have changed his diet to a mix of collard greens spring mix and grass from my front yard and I am also going to dust with calcium twice a week and I have decided to ditch the uvb for now because he doesnt seem to like it and it's warm outside so I will take him outside as much as possible and I have changed to a CHE

I also soak him every day for 45 minutes to an hour and I keep him habitat moist

I am going to build him a closed chamber in a week hopefully I wish i could do it sooner but I have work and I really hope he will be okay until then

 

[iAmCentrochelys sulcata]

Make sure to get rid of that’s Red Heat Bulb. I’ll be better to go with a Tote for a closed chamber.
Good luck! I’ll

 

[Tortoiseguy804]

Make sure to get rid of that’s Red Heat Bulb. I’ll be better to go with a Tote for a closed chamber.
Good luck! I’ll

Thanks I got rid of the bulb and have a cermic heat emitter

 

[Tortoiseguy804]

So a little update

Today he ate alot more and i took him outside and he go tons of exercise

He ate almost his size in mixed greens

 

[nicoleann2214]

So a little update

Today he ate alot more and i took him outside and he go tons of exercise

He ate almost his size in mixed greens

do you have a basking bulb?

 

[Tortoiseguy804]

Yes that's the che

 

[nicoleann2214]

Yes that's the che

you’re gonna need some type of light. Try using a incandescent bulb for a basking type light and put a rock under it so he can bask.

 

[Maro2Bear]

Yes that's the che

Hi there, Ceramic Heat Emitters only warm up & put off heat. They don’t emit any light, so you will need to provide a basking bulb in your enclosure too.

Make sure to read Tom’s great care sheet. There’s an entire section devoted to Heating & Lighting.

✅ - https://www.tortoiseforum.org/threa...se-a-sulcata-leopard-or-star-tortoise.181497/

 

[Tortoiseguy804]

Hi there, Ceramic Heat Emitters only warm up & put off heat. They don’t emit any light, so you will need to provide a basking bulb in your enclosure too.

Make sure to read Tom’s great care sheet. There’s an entire section devoted to Heating & Lighting.

✅ - https://www.tortoiseforum.org/threa...se-a-sulcata-leopard-or-star-tortoise.181497/

Hi thank you I sent Tom a message a couple days ago and he has been helping me a lot

Is there a specific bulb i should get?

 

[Tortoiseguy804]

I weighed sully today for the first time I got him on 6/10/2020 and today on 6/19/2020 he is 44 grams

 

[Tortoiseguy804]

Here some pictures of sully chowing down right now and his soak earlier

Also i picked out the carrots I just wanted to get pics cause he was chomping quick

 

[Tortoiseguy804]

So a little update

Sully is a fat *** and he gained 4 grams in a day and he won't stop eating ?

 

[Tortoiseguy804]

he tried to eat the che cord and a little ball I gave him

 

[Tortoiseguy804]

This is sully

 

[Tortoiseguy804]

Sully outside eating some clover and enjoying the

 

[Tortoiseguy804]

Hey guys sorry I haven't updated this in a while but sully is doing well he was 80 grams when I weighed him last night and his shell is starting to look beautiful, ill post some pictures when I get home

 

[saleena.lewis]

Awww sully is so cute! But he would do better in a closed chamber rather than an open tub.

 

[Tortoiseguy804]

Awww sully is so cute! But he would do better in a closed chamber rather than an open tub.

I am currently in the process of building a shell I guess you can call out to put around his enclosure that I can remove easily to clean and change his substrate

 

[Tortoiseguy804]

Sully got 2 new friends today from @Tom There's names are jimi and slash

 

[Pastel Tortie]

Sully got 2 new friends today from @Tom There's names are jimi and slash

Where are Jimi and Slash from?
Please keep them separated from Sully for now. It's good practice to quarantine all new tortoises, but it's especially important with hatchling sulcatas right now. If by some chance your new babies are carrying anything related to the yellow bumps we've been seeing, we don't want to risk Sully getting it.