Baby Sulcata tortoise !

[jova5]

My baby sulcata tortoise sleeps a lot. But it eats as well. Is that normal?

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi, and welcome to the Forum!!

Yes. Baby tortoises are prey, consequently, they stay hidden most of the time.

 

[Stuart S.]

Hello and welcome!!

 

[dmmj]

what are your 4 temperatures? Warm side, cool side, basking spot and overall

 

[Maro2Bear]

Yes, babies like to hide and eat and sleep, and hide and eat and sleep.

 

[jova5]

what are your 4 temperatures? Warm side, cool side, basking spot and overall

Basking side is 96, cool side is around 82. I'm new to tortoises but I had reptiles before and I'm just not sure what normal behavior is.

 

[wellington]

The temps sound good, I would raise the basking to 100 though. With these temps, you need to get a humidity to 80% you can do this by making the enclosure a closed enclosure and pour some warm water into the substrate and stir it up