Thanks for the all tough love. It's good advice. I've put in a space heater to increase the ambient temperature 24/7 and lowered the basking bulb.
The pen I built is all plywood. He spends a good amount of time trying to dig through it, basically making scraping and digging motions against it...
I should have mentioned that the "pen" is a plywood area in an unfunished basement and is a good 50 square feet. I have a huge backyard where he will roam throughout the warmer months. Good points on the temperatures though. I will see if I can up the ambient heat and the basking spot heat.
Hello all,
I am a new member and purchased a 55lb Sulcata last October. I live in New Jersey, so he has been inside since then.
He has been strong and active, but starting two weeks ago he started avoiding his left foreleg. He will just drag it along while he walks. I have no idea how he...