Extra large sulcata

[Efiles2014]

• 18 months old and seems large even for a sulcata. 6 pounds and 10 inches long​

 

[russian/sulcata/tortoise]

welcome to the forum! thats a big sulcata! can we get some pictures of him/her?

 

[Efiles2014]

 

[russian/sulcata/tortoise]

nice looking sulcata you have there! the substrate you are using isn't the best, because it doesn't hold humidity.

 

[Efiles2014]

nice looking sulcata you have there! the substrate you are using isn't the best, because it doesn't hold humidity.

 

[russian/sulcata/tortoise]

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do you know where in Africa is parents came from?

 

[Efiles2014]

We soak him frequently. This is large for his age?

 

[Efiles2014]

do you know where in Africa is parents came from?

No sorry I do not

 

[russian/sulcata/tortoise]

We soak him frequently. This is large for his age?

yea i would say he is.i think @Tom can identify if he is a Sudanese sulcata. sudanese sulcatas get really big, heres a pic of some.

 

[Efiles2014]

Thanks he is our first so we are still learning

 

[russian/sulcata/tortoise]

Thanks he is our first so we are still learning

your lucky! i wish my sulcata was that big!

 

[tortdad]

Welcome, hope you stick around our site. Please visit the specific species section and go to the Sulcatas and read the care sheets. I don't want to harp on you but that substraight is bad for it and that glass tank was to small for it as a hatchling let alone one your size. That's like making you live in a half bathroom.

It's pretty, I love the darker ones. Mines 11 years old and about 125 pounds and 31" long. They're fantastic animals. Again, welcome.

 

[Tom]

It looks like you were using cedar bedding in the first pic. If so, that stuff emits toxic fumes. Here are some sulcata threads for you.
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/how-to-raise-a-healthy-sulcata-or-leopard-version-2-0.78361/
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/beginner-mistakes.45180/
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/for-those-who-have-a-young-sulcata.76744/

I'm curious to know where you are and how you raised him. Also, do you know the source? Are you sure of the age?

 

[gustaf]

Welcome, hope you stick around our site. Please visit the specific species section and go to the Sulcatas and read the care sheets. I don't want to harp on you but that substraight is bad for it and that glass tank was to small for it as a hatchling let alone one your size. That's like making you live in a half bathroom.

It's pretty, I love the darker ones. Mines 11 years old and about 125 pounds and 31" long. They're fantastic animals. Again, welcome.

Tortdad. Can we see a pic of your big sulcata? He sounds like a sight to behold.

 

[pam]

Beautiful tort

 

[lismar79]

Mine is 17 months 6 lbs 9 inches.

 

[tortdad]

Tortdad. Can we see a pic of your big sulcata? He sounds like a sight to behold.

 

[gustaf]

Nice has he pushed any concrete blocks over?

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi efiles2014, and welcome to the Forum!

Your sulcata is just a normal, growing being. They all grow at different rates, and 6lbs at almost 2 years really isn't all that out of the normal range of growth. Sulcata tortoises grow awfully fast. Your tortoise looks great. So many times we see terribly bumpy sulcatas and yours is almost smooth, so cedar bedding or not, he's been doing great.

Read the threads that Tom linked for you. We have new, cutting edge info on raising African baby tortoises, stuff you probably won't read anyplace else on the 'net.

Good to have you here, and I'm looking forward to seeing pictures of your sulcata as he grows.

 

[Yvonne G]

Nice has he pushed any concrete blocks over?

Let's don't derail efiles2014 thread, please.