Three-week Old Sulcata Enjoying Sunshine & Lunch

Maro2Bear · Mar 14, 2016

Status: feeding lots of fresh dandelion, 3-4 cactus pads once per week, small handful of mazuri, and a pile of moistened hay, along with almost daily 30 -45 minute soaks. Feeding a ton of dandelion greens now, can't wait til Sully can venture outside when temps warm up.

January 2016

03 January - 10.350 lbs
10 January - 11.060 lbs
17 January - 10.900 lbs
24 January - 11.140 lbs
31 January - 12.075 lbs

February 2016

06 February - 12.640 lbs
13 February - 13.200 lbs (scale changed)
20 February - 13.200 lbs
27 February - 13.400 lbs

March 2016

13 March -- 14.00 lbs

Lancecham · Mar 14, 2016

It just seems like yesterday that he hit the 10 pound mark. With spring here in most of the country, grass and weeds are in abundance which makes tortoises happy.
Have you been able to confirm the sex of Sully?

Jhawk316 · Mar 15, 2016

wow from an adorable little baby, to a tank in such a short amount of time! i have two, month old Sulcatas( Titan and Thor) that I'm already looking into how to build them a huge place to roam around in! Thor is a little pig he eats everything, Titan on the other hand just eats some then goes under his heat lamp and relaxes. Good looking tortoise you have!

Maro2Bear · Mar 27, 2016

Status: feeding lots of fresh dandelion, 3-4 cactus pads once per week, small handful of mazuri, and a pile of moistened hay, along with almost daily 30 -45 minute soaks. Feeding a ton of dandelion greens. Still too cold outside for any prolonged exposure. Bring on the summer temps and sunshine.

January 2016

03 January - 10.350 lbs
10 January - 11.060 lbs
17 January - 10.900 lbs
24 January - 11.140 lbs
31 January - 12.075 lbs

February 2016

06 February - 12.640 lbs
13 February - 13.200 lbs (scale changed)
20 February - 13.200 lbs
27 February - 13.400 lbs

March 2016

13 March -- 14.00 lbs
20 March -- 14.40 lbs
27 March -- 15.20 lbs

Maro2Bear · Mar 27, 2016

Lancecham said:
It just seems like yesterday that he hit the 10 pound mark. With spring here in most of the country, grass and weeds are in abundance which makes tortoises happy.
Have you been able to confirm the sex of Sully?

Hey Lance. Sully doing well, he is now over 15 pounds! Still not been able to determine the sex yet.

Maro2Bear · Apr 3, 2016

Status: feeding lots of fresh dandelion, 3-4 cactus pads once per week, small handful of mazuri, and a pile of moistened hay, along with almost daily 30 -45 minute soaks. Feeding a ton of dandelion greens. The real, natural weeds, grass and dandelion blooms are finally here, along with warming temps! Had our Sully out in fresh air and bright sunshine this week.

January 2016

03 January - 10.350 lbs
10 January - 11.060 lbs
17 January - 10.900 lbs
24 January - 11.140 lbs
31 January - 12.075 lbs

February 2016

06 February - 12.640 lbs
13 February - 13.200 lbs (scale changed)
20 February - 13.200 lbs
27 February - 13.400 lbs

March 2016

13 March -- 14.00 lbs
20 March -- 14.40 lbs
27 March -- 15.20 lbs

April 2016

03 April -- 15.40 lbs
10 April --

Maro2Bear · Apr 10, 2016

Status: feeding lots of fresh dandelion, 3-4 cactus pads once per week, handful of regular mazuri, and a pile of moistened hay, along with almost daily 30 -45 minute soaks. The real, natural weeds, grass and dandelion blooms are finally here.

This past week I've started to mow our fresh green garden grass AND been mixing large handfuls of this cut grass in with Sully's food. He eats it up along with the rest of his greens and grass and hay. Now, I wish it would warm up a lot more, we had sleet and snow all day yesterday. :-(

January 2016

03 January - 10.350 lbs
10 January - 11.060 lbs
17 January - 10.900 lbs
24 January - 11.140 lbs
31 January - 12.075 lbs

February 2016

06 February - 12.640 lbs
13 February - 13.200 lbs (scale changed)
20 February - 13.200 lbs
27 February - 13.400 lbs

March 2016

13 March -- 14.00 lbs
20 March -- 14.40 lbs
27 March -- 15.20 lbs

April 2016

03 April -- 15.40 lbs
10 April -- 15.60 lbs
17 April --

Maro2Bear · Apr 16, 2016

Finally, some nice sunny hot days here in MD, our Sully has been enjoying the rays, fresh dandelion blooms and weeds and mallow. Yeah Summer time...

Maro2Bear · Apr 16, 2016

Maro2Bear said:
Finally, some nice sunny hot days here in MD, our Sully has been enjoying the rays, fresh dandelion blooms and weeds and mallow. Yeah Summer time...

Soaking in the rays and a warm water bath.

Maro2Bear · Apr 17, 2016

Finally! A bowl of dandelions for a delicious snack!

Lancecham · Apr 17, 2016

Sully, is looking great!!!
I bet his "snack" didn't last to long judging by his concentration that he is giving those dandelions.

Maro2Bear · Apr 17, 2016

Lancecham said:
Sully, is looking great!!!
I bet his "snack" didn't last to long judging by his concentration that he is giving those dandelions.

Lance, you are RIGHT! That pile was gone in a few minutes, I had to replenish with a lot more, followed by a stack of mazuri.

Maro2Bear · Apr 17, 2016

Status: The real, natural weeds, grass and dandelion blooms are finally here. And plenty of fresh air and SUNSHINE!

January 2016

03 January - 10.350 lbs
10 January - 11.060 lbs
17 January - 10.900 lbs
24 January - 11.140 lbs
31 January - 12.075 lbs

February 2016

06 February - 12.640 lbs
13 February - 13.200 lbs (scale changed)
20 February - 13.200 lbs
27 February - 13.400 lbs

March 2016

13 March -- 14.00 lbs
20 March -- 14.40 lbs
27 March -- 15.20 lbs

April 2016

03 April -- 15.40 lbs
10 April -- 15.60 lbs
17 April -- 16.80 lbs

Maro2Bear · Apr 25, 2016

Status: The real, natural weeds, grass and dandelion blooms are here. Sully finally getting lots of natural sunshine and eating everything in sight. Today I found him dragging one of our shoes around our deck like a toy!

January 2016

03 January - 10.350 lbs
10 January - 11.060 lbs
17 January - 10.900 lbs
24 January - 11.140 lbs
31 January - 12.075 lbs

February 2016

06 February - 12.640 lbs
13 February - 13.200 lbs (scale changed)
20 February - 13.200 lbs
27 February - 13.400 lbs

March 2016

13 March -- 14.00 lbs
20 March -- 14.40 lbs
27 March -- 15.20 lbs

April 2016

03 April -- 15.40 lbs
10 April -- 15.60 lbs
17 April -- 16.80 lbs
24 April -- 17.60 lbs

Maro2Bear · May 8, 2016

Status: Sully getting lots of natural sunshine and eating everything in sight. Plenty of weeds n grass.

January 2016

03 January - 10.350 lbs
10 January - 11.060 lbs
17 January - 10.900 lbs
24 January - 11.140 lbs
31 January - 12.075 lbs

February 2016

06 February - 12.640 lbs
13 February - 13.200 lbs (scale changed)
20 February - 13.200 lbs
27 February - 13.400 lbs

March 2016

13 March -- 14.00 lbs
20 March -- 14.40 lbs
27 March -- 15.20 lbs

April 2016

03 April -- 15.40 lbs
10 April -- 15.60 lbs
17 April -- 16.80 lbs
24 April -- 17.60 lbs

May 2016

01 May -- 17.60 lbs
08 May -- 18.40 lbs

Maro2Bear · May 8, 2016

Finally got an outdoor house about ready for Sir Sully. Here he is checking it out before I had time to move it outside.

Maro2Bear · May 22, 2016

Status: Plenty of fresh weeds and grass. But our nice warm sunny days have disappeared! We"ve had about 20 days of almost straight rain and daily high temps only in the 60's. Starting this Wednesday, we should have upper 80's and Sully can get back outside.

January 2016

03 January - 10.350 lbs
10 January - 11.060 lbs
17 January - 10.900 lbs
24 January - 11.140 lbs
31 January - 12.075 lbs

February 2016

06 February - 12.640 lbs
13 February - 13.200 lbs (scale changed)
20 February - 13.200 lbs
27 February - 13.400 lbs

March 2016

13 March -- 14.00 lbs
20 March -- 14.40 lbs
27 March -- 15.20 lbs

April 2016

03 April -- 15.40 lbs
10 April -- 15.60 lbs
17 April -- 16.80 lbs
24 April -- 17.60 lbs

May 2016

01 May -- 17.60 lbs
08 May -- 18.40 lbs
15 May -- 18.60 lbs
22 May -- 18.80 lbs

Maro2Bear · Jun 5, 2016

Status: Plenty of fresh weeds and grass. Our cool, rainy bit has passed, and hotter and humid days of early Summer are finally here. Sully has been outside now 24/7, I think he is still adjusting to wind, rain, sunshine, and space to room. We have his sleeping shed regulated with two CHE's, attached to a thermostat.

January 2016

03 January - 10.350 lbs
10 January - 11.060 lbs
17 January - 10.900 lbs
24 January - 11.140 lbs
31 January - 12.075 lbs

February 2016

06 February - 12.640 lbs
13 February - 13.200 lbs (scale changed)
20 February - 13.200 lbs
27 February - 13.400 lbs

March 2016

13 March -- 14.00 lbs
20 March -- 14.40 lbs
27 March -- 15.20 lbs

April 2016

03 April -- 15.40 lbs
10 April -- 15.60 lbs
17 April -- 16.80 lbs
24 April -- 17.60 lbs

May 2016

01 May -- 17.60 lbs
08 May -- 18.40 lbs
15 May -- 18.60 lbs
22 May -- 18.80 lbs
29 May -- 20.00 lbs

June 2016

05 June -- 21.2 lbs

Nick C · Jun 5, 2016

Wow he over doubled his weight in the last 6 months! That's awesome

Maro2Bear · Jun 18, 2016

Greetings

Here's a quick pix of our Sully exiting his house looking for breakfast. Right now, his house is heated by two overhead CHEs on a thermostat.

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