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[vRoooo]

Hello everyone,
I have a month old Sudanese Sulcata. We live in AZ and eventually ”Rooor” is going to have a home in our backyard.

 

[KarenSoCal]

Hello everyone,
I have a month old Sudanese Sulcata. We live in AZ and eventually ”Rooor” is going to have a home in our backyard.

Welcome to the forum!

The best place to start is by reading a lot of what's already on the forum. The first step for you would be reading the care sheet for sulcatas. I just happen to have a copy with me Here it is:

The Best Way To Raise A Sulcata, Leopard, Or Star Tortoise

I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. Babies hatch during the...

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After you chew through that, we have lots more info here. I'll link a few of the threads here:

For Those Who Have a Young Sulcata:

For Those Who Have a Young Sulcata...

Over and over I type up and answer diet questions and try to get people feeding the right stuff, but I find that the "norm" is grocery store food. Grocery store food is expensive, a hassle to obtain, and very low on the list of what is best for sulcatas. These tortoises are GRASS eaters. From...

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4 elements of heating: By Tom

There are four elements to heating and lighting:

Basking bulb. I use 65 watt floods from the hardware store. I run them on a timer and adjust the height to get the correct basking temp under them. I also like to use a flat rock of some sort directly under the bulb.

Ambient heat maintenance. I use ceramic heating elements or radiant heat panels set on thermostats to maintain ambient above 80 degrees day and night for tropical species. You'd only need day heat for a temperate species like Testudo or DT.

Light. I use LEDs for this purpose. Something in the 5000-6500K color range will look the best. Most bulbs at the store are in the 2500K range and they look yellowish.

UV. If you can get your tortoise outside for an hour 2 or 3 times a week, you won't need indoor UV. If you want it anyway, get one of the newer HO type fluorescent tubes. Which type will depend on mounting height. 5.0 bulbs make almost no UV. You need a meter to check this: https://www.solarmeter.com/model65.html

It would be great if you would post some pictures of your baby, along with his current enclosure, lights you're using, heating elements, etc. If any changes are needed, now is the time to do them so there is no adverse effect on the tort.

Hopefully you already have him in a closed chamber, but if not, this post may help you come up with one for less cost than others. Those others are absolutely gorgeous, smart, and set up to perfection. But not all of us can manage such an enclosure, and we want you to know there are options.

Hi! New here

Hey! I am looking for the "frequently asked questions" and do not see it. Can someone guide me? Thanks

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After you've done your reading, come back and ask anything and everything. We're all here to learn from and help each other. And we have lots of fun while doing it! 🙃

We're glad you found us, and look forward to getting to know you and Rooor.

 

[wellington]

Welcome. Karen gave you a lot of what you need. Please read.

 

[Ink]

Welcome to the forum. Please post pictures of Rooor.

 

[Yvonne G]

Hello everyone,
I have a month old Sudanese Sulcata. We live in AZ and eventually ”Rooor” is going to have a home in our backyard.

I thought Tigard is in Oregon???

I'd love to see pictures of your new little, soon to be BIG, baby!!

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Hello and welcome to the forum
I'm from south Florida and my torts also live outdoors 24/7

 

[Ray--Opo]

Welcome, a Sudanese sully will get huge. I wish I had known that and I would have bought a Sudanese.