Recent content by cprewitt

Thanks for all your replies. His outside enclosure is half covered and he has a house under the cover. Even so, the Sphagnum absorbs and holds the water so it never really dries out. But, he does get daily sunshine and fresh air and is protected from predators (screened area). I will keep...

I live in Florida and have and outside raised tortoise table in a screened pool area where I leave my baby Sully during the day.....I have been using sphagnum moss as a substrate but even though there are drainage holes, it stays VERY wet, almost standing water.....I'm worried that his feet and...

Great! Thanks for the information my new botanist best friend! I ordered seeds today. Cynthia

I found this add for Bluestem grass seeds but it is Schizachyrium scoparium rather than what is listed on the sheet in another thread here on the forum --the Sulcata Diet Sheet -- that says Adropogo scoparious. Any botanists out there know if this variety is OK as well? Grass Little Bluestem...

Yes -- It can get very hot there but I only leave him there for short periods of sunshine and half is shaded -- I plan to build an enclosure outside this winter -- I am thinking that by next summer he will be big enough to live outside at least in my screened area. It may still be an enclosure...

Thanks so much for your help -- I reread all of your information and made all of the changes I needed to made the same day I posted this original thread -- just haven't had a chance to post again. I am using a 20 gal aquarium for now with orchid bark and spahgnam mos -- a basking light and...

Thanks -- that's the kind of info I wanted. I may have misled about the sweater box -- it isn't real dry -- the substrate is just dryer than my outside box. It is still quite humid in there. I was just afraid the substrate in my outside box was too wet. Outside, the 100 degree basking spot...

OK -- I got my baby Sulcata (still no name other that Little Tortoise Guy) about a week ago. So far he has an indoor and an outdoor home. Inside he is in a large plastic sweater box with spaghnam moss, orchid bark and a small section of dirt. He has a water bowl big enough to play in and...

Where are you in Florida -- I am in Silver Springs and am designing an outdoor area for a Sulcatta and a Redfoot -- would love some help! I have 6 aquatic turtles but these will be my first torts....have located a 3 inch Sulcatta -- still lookig for the Redfoot. Now I need a home for them. I...

good to know -- I assumed one would be happier with a friend! Thanks! Cynthia

First of all, if I should be asking this question somewhere else, please let me know -- I really know nothing about how these forums work.....I tried to go to the General topic but it wouldn't let me post there. Anyway, I have found a pet store with two 3" Sulcatas that look very healthy for...

I am definitely considering a Redfoot.....open to anything really at this point.....

I have just joined your group and already have learned a lot from the few threads I have read!!! I don't own a tortoise yet but am leaning toward a Sulcatta.....I currently have 6 aquatic turtles in a 2000 gallon outdoor pond which is inside a screened pool enclosure which off my back porch...