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    August 26th birthday

    Thank you Its Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Meet our new baby Thaqa! *pics*

    [size=small] Well the wait is over. As of this morning we have a new member of the family. She is one of Richard Fife's sulcatas between 1 and 4 months old and she still has her egg tooth. (so adorable). She wouldn't eat today I think she was too busy exploring. she took a bite but didn't...
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    corn silk or husk safe for sulcatas?

    i know they can find millet in the wild in the sudan and places like that, but i dont have any info about if they seek it out as a source of food, or if its just there. millet grass is similar to corn grass in terms of the nutritive value. do you know how i should feed it to her?
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    corn silk or husk safe for sulcatas?

    I was wondering if it was safe to feed torts corn husks with corn silk attached, one or the other, or neither? keep in mind this is for a hatchling, so should i cut up the corn silk and use it as a garnish for the other food? i'm just curious because i never have a use for the corn husk and...
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    need help raising humidity and temperature at night

    ok great so stop worrying. yeah it is busy but most of the hides are functional pathways and covered in food so i was hoping she would graze like a wild tortoise. so if i can get the cool side to stay around 77 at night is that warm enough with a damp enclosure. I was thinking that i should be...
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    need help raising humidity and temperature at night

    How many inches of substrate are you using? what about airflow and possible suffocation if it gets too stuffy in the enclosure while i'm sleeping. i've been able to raise the humidity by misting the furnishings more so than the soil or the plants. it seems like i can solve one problem or the...
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    need help raising humidity and temperature at night

    So i'm preparing for a sulcata hatchling that we will be getting in a few weeks. I have just finished setting up the enclosure, and testing the lights. My question is how do i keep humidity up at night. The enclosure is very small because she will be very small and i want it to grow with her...
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    Baby Blue eyes safe?

    good to know. So if a plant says its edible for humans then it should be relatively safe for torts? i'd just have to check and make sure its not high in oxilates or protein or something. what about plants that deer and rabbits like? If they aren't found on the do not feed list for torts is there...
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    Baby Blue eyes safe?

    ok great thanks just wanted to be safe.
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    Baby Blue eyes safe?

    Hey all just a quick question. I have some baby blue eyes (nemophila menziesii) seeds germinating right now, they were a gift, and i was wondering if they were safe for tortoises to eat. I think they are native to california. here is a picture of the flowers. I didn't see them listed anywhere as...
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    Need help, 1st baby sulcata

    aim for upwards of 70 someone told me 95 was great. If your soil is moist and your light is creating enough heat in the enclosure, your humidity should be increasing. Try adding plastic or silk plants they usually help. They are very cheap at walmart, or craft stores. Maybe someone else will...
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    MVB on Ebay

    I thought these were the ones that output uvb that a tortoise would get in the shade, and the active heat is the full sun. Does anyone know for sure. I thought the cheaper price was because it put out less uvb. Is there anywhere I can get the t-rex active heat for less than $45 online?
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    Need help, 1st baby sulcata

    no they are curious by nature, but i would feed her again if i saw her doing that. usually when she starts nosing around and biting things she's hungry which is a good sign in your case since she hasn't been eating. its soil and no one has found that eating it is harmful to the torts. Do you...
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    Plants for Sulcata enclosure

    read the list, aloe is good marigolds i dont remember. the list brakes down what is always okay, things they should have occasionally, and so on. its in alphabetical order. but usually variations of the same plant are fine. you already have the main weeds from your yard, so look for other plants...
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    Need help, 1st baby sulcata

    How is savannah doing? did she eat anything at all today?
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    Plants for Sulcata enclosure

    They like pansies, hibiscus, kale and hostas, spikethebest sells a desert tortoise grass seed mix that i just planted 2 days ago and its already sprouting. creeping jenny is a ground cover plant that spreads nicely that they could eat. I am also starting prickly pear cactus which is really good...
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    Need help, 1st baby sulcata

    yeah I know, I think its less messy when mixed with the coconut fibers, but its a good substrate to hold in humidity.
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    Need help, 1st baby sulcata

    That should be fine, sounds like what i got (peat moss, composted "forest products" who knows what that is, and natural soil) there all made by Scotts. Even though its slightly moist out of the bag, wet it anyway so that when you squeeze it it sticks, but isn't drippy. Have you had a chance to...
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    Best UVB bulb for my baby sulcata

    These are definitely really great points Tom and Richard, and it is important for people to be educated. But right now the question of the fluorescent tubes is irrelevent because abbs already has the reptisun 10, the tort isn't going outside on a regular basis due to weather, the substrate is...
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    urates

    Would it be unreasonable to consider having an indoor play room for a sulcata about bobs size? I know he is destructive and that they can break through walls, but if they only had to stay in the heated shed when they were sleeping, couldn't they come indoors to a playroom. I'm thinking the...
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