Richardidn
New Member
Hello Im Richard, just recently got myself a lovely little sulcata fella named Coco (cho'-cho'). A month at most.
So I've read couple of newbie guide from this forum, saw lot of youtube and taking advices from local tortoise farm owner (they're pretty nice guys).
But, i would like more in depth knowledge which i hope i can get from pros/experienced owners here so i decided to join here.
I'll attach some pictures here of my sulcata and my table set up (i use metric, sorry!).
Here's my Coco the baby sulcata (6-7cm) grazing under light sun, its rainy season and we only get like an hour or two of sunlight for the past week. I try to soak him daily and let it play under the sun for 15-30min ish each day whenever available. Poops regularly, but never when soaked. Not much urates, but i found the sometime. Scattered little pieces.
Here is where he live for the last 2-3 week. I use coco husk (packaged for tortoise) which i water sprayed daily. I use uvb on the left and uva (hot lamp) on the right. Both exoterra. The box size is 60cm x 40 cm x 15 cm, which i wish it is taller. On the left is the hiding cave, bottom left is water dish, and food this on the middle. Temperature is min 30 celcius, max 40 celcius (under the hot lamp, which i try to spot in).
I recently add couple of adjustment on the table it as follow
I add some wood bark substrate, bryum moss around the hiding cave, sphagnum for bedding, and Hair Grass. All of this om hoping to maintain moisture, because i find coco husk dried up easily.
So my question is :
1. What is the pros and cons of my table set up?
2. Is bryum moss, sphagnum moss, and hair grass is all safe ? Anything i should be aware of? I'll post the hair grass up close, found some leaves eaten today when i got home
3. My sulcata really loves mazuri pellet, the original and i found him hardly eat greens. Here in my country vegetable called sawi, fumak and siomak is commonly fed by breeders (the are some kind of mustard greens) but it seldomly ate them, if so not so much. Same case as grasses. I trick him into eating greens more by chopping it to little pieces and mix it salad style with mazuri pellets, and boy it knows how to aim. What is the best way to make more greens into its diet?
4. I use reptile oil, which i think is made from coconut oil. Rubbing it lightly on its carapace and plastron. Mixing a little sometime on its diet. I trust the product because is sugested by many local breeder here. Is it really helpfull? Anything i should be aware?
Well i think i write a bit too much for now
Kindly help me raise my baby dear folks !
Love
*The little devil asleep, you can see the eaten leaves*
So I've read couple of newbie guide from this forum, saw lot of youtube and taking advices from local tortoise farm owner (they're pretty nice guys).
But, i would like more in depth knowledge which i hope i can get from pros/experienced owners here so i decided to join here.
I'll attach some pictures here of my sulcata and my table set up (i use metric, sorry!).
Here's my Coco the baby sulcata (6-7cm) grazing under light sun, its rainy season and we only get like an hour or two of sunlight for the past week. I try to soak him daily and let it play under the sun for 15-30min ish each day whenever available. Poops regularly, but never when soaked. Not much urates, but i found the sometime. Scattered little pieces.
Here is where he live for the last 2-3 week. I use coco husk (packaged for tortoise) which i water sprayed daily. I use uvb on the left and uva (hot lamp) on the right. Both exoterra. The box size is 60cm x 40 cm x 15 cm, which i wish it is taller. On the left is the hiding cave, bottom left is water dish, and food this on the middle. Temperature is min 30 celcius, max 40 celcius (under the hot lamp, which i try to spot in).
I recently add couple of adjustment on the table it as follow
I add some wood bark substrate, bryum moss around the hiding cave, sphagnum for bedding, and Hair Grass. All of this om hoping to maintain moisture, because i find coco husk dried up easily.
So my question is :
1. What is the pros and cons of my table set up?
2. Is bryum moss, sphagnum moss, and hair grass is all safe ? Anything i should be aware of? I'll post the hair grass up close, found some leaves eaten today when i got home
3. My sulcata really loves mazuri pellet, the original and i found him hardly eat greens. Here in my country vegetable called sawi, fumak and siomak is commonly fed by breeders (the are some kind of mustard greens) but it seldomly ate them, if so not so much. Same case as grasses. I trick him into eating greens more by chopping it to little pieces and mix it salad style with mazuri pellets, and boy it knows how to aim. What is the best way to make more greens into its diet?
4. I use reptile oil, which i think is made from coconut oil. Rubbing it lightly on its carapace and plastron. Mixing a little sometime on its diet. I trust the product because is sugested by many local breeder here. Is it really helpfull? Anything i should be aware?
Well i think i write a bit too much for now
Kindly help me raise my baby dear folks !
Love
*The little devil asleep, you can see the eaten leaves*