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    Keeping tank more moist

    Hi my name is Leanne and I have two baby sulcatas tortoise and there almost three months old. I would just like to know what's the best way to keep the tank moist for my babies. I changed the tank bedding to coconut fibers and I sprayed with water and it seems to dry up fast on top of bedding...
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    Tank setup

    [hr] I have been trying to upload pics of tank setup but having a problem doing it[hr] How do you download pic to page
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    Tank setup

    Hi everyone I just changed my setup for my two sulcata tortoise today so far it looks like they may like it. I used the coconut fiber substrate for there bedding and moist it with water and put a piece on plexie glass on one corner on tank and put a 50 watt heat bulb and a UVB light and I have a...
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    moving to michigan

    Thanks for the info. I think by the time I move to Michigan I will have the setup for them for the winter months. I have one acre land so I have some room to build them there own space for outside and for a out building for them for winter. To start off with when they get bigger I am going to...
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    moving to michigan

    Thanks I will keep that in mind as far as the cold weather goes in the winter. [hr] Right now I live in orange county,ca
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    moving to michigan

    My summer home is in three oaks,mi. I have one acre yard.[hr] Three oaks, Michigan. Now I have a big room off my garge and if I was to insulate it for winter months would I be able to use that room or should I just leave them indoors in winter? When they become adult how do you keep a big...
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    Tortoise Block vs. Cuttlebone

    Hi everyone Was thinking of going out and buying a cuttlebone for my tortoies. If I buy the cuttlebone will I still need to give them there only supplement with feeding time?
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    sulcata tortoies diet

    Thank you i will read the care sheet. I just went to Carolina pet supply today Online and order some of the mixed seeds To grow in the tortoise tank.
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    moving to michigan

    i have a summer home in michigan and plan on moving there this year maybe. i have two baby sulcata tortoies two months old. what i want to know is would michigan be a good place for the tortoies to live? if so how would i house them in the winter since it is so cold out there?
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    sulcata tortoies diet

    I am hoping to learn more about the tortoies everyday so i know how to feed them right and make sure there are healthy as they grow older. i bought my babies from a reptile shop like four days ago and they only been feeding them romain lettuce everyday and thats it. so when i took them home i...
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    sulcata tortoies diet

    Thanks I will look into the UVB light for them. I just went to store and got spring mix of salad And green leaf lettuce and red leaf lettuce. Is there anything else I should get for them. I want to make sure they grow healthy and not get sick.
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    sulcata tortoies diet

    Ok thanks for the heads up on that.i did start to Put dry grass pellets that you mix water In with pellets to make soft and I put romain with it. Can you tell me where I can pick up some of the food they can eat. I want to Make sure my two month old babies get what they need as far as food...
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    sulcata tortoies diet

    I am in orange county,ca Right now I have them on romain and give the a supplement three times a week and Soak them two times a week in warm water.
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    sulcata tortoies diet

    hi everyone i just bought myself two beautiful two month old sulcata tortoies. what i would like to know is what is the best diet for them to be on? i am new to having tortoies.:) since i was a little girl and seen my first tortoies that was so big i have always wanted one.
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