We just joined this forum. We want to learn all we can to give Tortalina a great life!

[James&Angela]

Hello fellow tortoise owners. Angela and James here... we will have some questions so that we can be sure to give our 2 year old sulcata we named Tortalina.

 

[Ink]

Welcome to the forum. Pretty tortoise

 

[wellington]

Welcome, he's looking good. Read and follow the caresheet in the African leopard section. Then ask any questions you have.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Hello and welcome

 

[James&Angela]

So that we can be sure to give our 2 year old sulcata we named Tortalina a great life!!

 

[TammyJ]

So that we can be sure to give our 2 year old sulcata we named Tortalina a great life!!

Right. Welcome to the forum!

 

[Tom]

Hello fellow tortoise owners. Angela and James here... we will have some questions so that we can be sure to give our 2 year old sulcata we named Tortalina.
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Hello and weocome.

The first two things to let you know are that bougainvillea is toxic, and lettuce isn't good tortoise food. Also, sulcatas, and most other species shouldn't be walking around on concrete. You can get away with it for a while when they are still on the small side, but once they get some size on them, you will start to see bloody footprints as their scales and skin wear through.

Most of the info found on the internet and from pet shops and sellers is all wrong. Here is the correct care info, and questions are welcome:

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...

tortoiseforum.org

 

[jeff kushner]

Angela and James, WTTC....the advise given above is from some of the best talent you will ever find on these guys.

Super-strongly suggest reading the sheets, they are great and you will learn something from them, promise!

Good luck with your guy, he is a BEAST!

jeff

 

[Maddoggy]

Welcome very nice looking sulcata. Nice rounded shell. You must be doing something right.

 

[Yvonne G]

Welcome!

 

[Karen(pebbles)]

welcome to the forum