Sad day

[Beauitfulqueta]

Today at 9:00am I found my baby hatchling died she was doing very well and then a couple days ago she just stopped me and my kids are very disappointed ☹️..... we got her tortoise town ..... if any one up here is selling any sulcata tortoise ? please let me know I want to get them another

 

[Pastel Tortie]

Today at 9:00am I found my baby hatchling died she was doing very well and then a couple days ago she just stopped me and my kids are very disappointed ☹..... we got her tortoise town ..... if any one up here is selling any sulcata tortoise ? please let me know I want to get them another

I am so sorry for your loss. How long had you had her?

Did you happen to notice any yellow bumps or yellow spots on your baby, at any time?

Check with @Markw84 and @Tom regarding hatchlings. Do you have a large yard for a full size sulcata?

 

[Beauitfulqueta]

I am so sorry for your loss. How long had you had her?

Did you happen to notice any yellow bumps or yellow spots on your baby, at any time?

Check with @Markw84 and @Tom regarding hatchlings. Do you have a large yard for a full size sulcata?

I only had her for 3 weeks and no nothing she very active and then she started to slowly decline

 

[Ink]

I hope someone from the forum can help you get a well started baby. I am so sorry for your loss

 

[Tom]

I only had her for 3 weeks and no nothing she very active and then she started to slowly decline

Most people don't start babies correctly. In fact, almost no one does. Many of them don't survive. You are not alone.

They lay eggs in winter, so babies in spring is normal. Two of the four sources that I used to recommend are no longer viable. You can try Austin @Arizona Sulcata , or you can wait for mine in spring.

Read these so you know what goes wrong, and how it should be done.

"Hatchling Failure Syndrome"

I've heard this term for many years and I don't like it. Its a way to excuse our ignorance and failure. I will agree that an occasional hatchling is born that is just not going to make it no matter what anybody does, but MOST of them, if they make it full term and hatch, SHOULD survive and...

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How To Incubate Eggs And Start Hatchlings

I put my eggs in a plastic shoe box with a lid on it and put the shoe box in the incubator. You can drill a couple of very small holes around the top of the container, but not on the lid. I use vermiculite as an incubation media. I mix it in a 1 : 1 ratio with water by weight for Sulcatas and...

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Sudan Sulcatas (This never gets old...)

My very first clutch of true 100% pure Sudan sulcatas is now hatching. I don't care how many times I see this, it just never gets old. I dig up the eggs carefully place them in my prepared shoe boxes, watch the temperature in the incubator and tend to them for months, and then... When that...

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[Beauitfulqueta]

I hope someone from the forum can help you get a well started baby. I am so sorry for your loss

Thank you

 

[Beauitfulqueta]

Most people don't start babies correctly. In fact, almost no one does. Many of them don't survive. You are not alone.

They lay eggs in winter, so babies in spring is normal. Two of the four sources that I used to recommend are no longer viable. You can try Austin @Arizona Sulcata , or you can wait for mine in spring.

Read these so you know what goes wrong, and how it should be done.

"Hatchling Failure Syndrome"

I've heard this term for many years and I don't like it. Its a way to excuse our ignorance and failure. I will agree that an occasional hatchling is born that is just not going to make it no matter what anybody does, but MOST of them, if they make it full term and hatch, SHOULD survive and...

tortoiseforum.org

How To Incubate Eggs And Start Hatchlings

I put my eggs in a plastic shoe box with a lid on it and put the shoe box in the incubator. You can drill a couple of very small holes around the top of the container, but not on the lid. I use vermiculite as an incubation media. I mix it in a 1 : 1 ratio with water by weight for Sulcatas and...

tortoiseforum.org

Sudan Sulcatas (This never gets old...)

My very first clutch of true 100% pure Sudan sulcatas is now hatching. I don't care how many times I see this, it just never gets old. I dig up the eggs carefully place them in my prepared shoe boxes, watch the temperature in the incubator and tend to them for months, and then... When that...

tortoiseforum.org

Thank you and yes my friends told the baby hatchling are hard to care for

 

[TammyJ]

If you manage to get a healthy hatchling from a breeder, and you provide it with all the correct conditions and diet, it will not be at all hard to care for. As long as it is healthy when you get it, which may be difficult to tell, so get an expert to come with you when you go to check it out. It's the right start that's the key to being successful with them as they grow.

 

[Tom]

Thank you and yes my friends told the baby hatchling are hard to care for

Babies are very easy. They just have to be done correctly.

Here is how to raise and care for them:

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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[Sarah2020]

Babies are very easy. They just have to be done correctly

Agree 100%

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

It might not be a bad idea to prepare an enclosure according to the guide sheets here and then buy a slightly older tortoise.

 

[AgataP]

Sorry to hear about your tortoise. Can you please post pictures of the enclosure that you had ?

 

[Aunt Caffy]

Do you happen to have cherryheads?

I got my cherryhead from Tortoise Supply. I have her set up in a little greenhouse inside my house.

 

[William Lee Kohler]

I think Arizona Tortoise Compound has Sulcatas. There's also advertisers in Fauna Classifieds and Kingsnake.com.

 

[AZGirl]

Today at 9:00am I found my baby hatchling died she was doing very well and then a couple days ago she just stopped me and my kids are very disappointed ☹..... we got her tortoise town ..... if any one up here is selling any sulcata tortoise ? please let me know I want to get them another

awww???, so very sorry. hope you can find another one soon. ???

 

[Chefdenoel10]

I only had her for 3 weeks and no nothing she very active and then she started to slowly decline

I am soooooooo sorry for your loss.
I really hate that this happens to babies from tort town. Please accept my prayers to you and family.. ????
@KarenSoCal

 

[Hutsie B]

So sorry to hear of your loss. It can be devastating. good luck finding a new one that is healthy.

 

[Tom]

I think Arizona Tortoise Compound has Sulcatas. There's also advertisers in Fauna Classifieds and Kingsnake.com.

Do you know how those people start their babies? I do. I wouldn't buy one there.

 

[William Lee Kohler]

You don't like Andrew from ATC? At TTPG last fall some of our leading Kinixys keeper folks went out to his place. As far as I know there's no ill will there or facility problems.

 

[Warren]

Sorry to hear about the loss of your baby Sucata, I guess I'm one of the lucky ones that bought a tortoise from Tortoise Town 2 1/2 yrs. ago. He has been doing well from day one. If you get your new Tortoise from someone on this forum and follow the instructions thats given on this forum you should have many years watching it grow. Goodluck