Recent content by Cloeanthea

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Yes I’m planning on bringing out a heat lamp and moving his enclosure to the ground and bringing up the walls today! As far as the shell care goes I will do some further research on how to care for the scute but will probably go with the coconut oil- thank you for the...

wow thank you! I can defiantly do this! I’ve been afraid to put anything besides water on his shell because I’ve read that in nature they don’t have things like that? Right now when I soak him I use a toothbrush to lightly scrub away any thing should I refrain from this because his shell is...

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wow thank you so much! I have a water dish for him now since I’ve taken over! Tucker has a covered space but he lives in the backyard and we let him openly graze and walk around! He has a covered home but it’s on a ramp and a wood pallet is the floor- we fill it with wood chips and dirt for comfort

he does have a heating box but now can I add/ make it more humid for him? I’m sure this is an issue, I live in Arizona which is a desert so we have no humidity usually! He also hasn’t been taken care of 100% by his previous owners (they didn’t even know he needed fresh water) so he’s gone most...

It would help if you could take some time to actually read up on this thread I typed up- despite the easy assumption of “not being kept warm enough” I don’t think that’s the problem here! Thanks!

I’m not sure if this helps but he doesn’t burrow :( I’ve never seen him do it & I did read this helps with the shell- could this be a reason for all the flaking? Right now we are not using a heating lamp because it’s still in the 80’s at night here in Arizona- I’ve read that being too close to...

I’m really not sure about that- he’s been in my boyfriends family since he was born & no reports of an accident/crushing, HOWEVER he hasn’t been given water his WHOLE LIFE- for some reason my boyfriends parents didn’t think he needed water?!?! I almost wonder if the scute deformation is from...

So this is a problem! I’ve never seen tucker burrow however I have read online that it helps keep their shell hydrated! What can I do? Not sure if he even knows how to burrow!

thank you!

yes thank you! He is really active and his shell doesn’t have an order and is strong! I did read online that this could be growth!

This was not helpful- can you elaborate on why my tortoise “needs help right away” what are the things that stand out to you from the pictures above? His shell doesn’t smell or have any odor, it’s hard despite the flaking, he is active and eats mostly grass and cabbage with the occasional...

This is my first post here so I’ll go ahead & introduce myself! I have a male Sulcata who goes by the name of Tucker! Not exactly sure how old he is on account of him being my boyfriends! Anyways I’m looking for help! I’ve read on here that tortoise do NOT shed their scutes however I’m seeing...