Recent content by Jay Rennemeyer

@Tank'sMom: I just realized you weren't talking to me. :oops: I'm going to blame sleep deprivation. :D

Cecil is 14 -- I got her for Christmas in 1999. This is the most recent picture I have access to at the moment. I was trying to weigh her, and it turns out the easiest way was to high-center her on a can of corn. (McGyver!)

True. I think of veggies as "all plant life" because I really dislike eating veggies. I'm a carnivore and fruitarian. :)

I used to think that too, until reading this forum a couple of weeks ago. I raised my sulcata 'dry' because that's what the experts said 14 years ago when I got her. By now she should weigh over 100 lbs, but she only weighs 20! I was told it was because of her lack of water and humidity. During...

The Short List: 1 - They get big! 100-200 lbs! 2 - They need a lot of space. 3 - They require high humidity - 80% to 100%. 4 - They require temperatures between 75 and 90 degrees. 5 - All veggies; no meat.

My sulcata Cecil once ate the 2-foot-long fabric belt from my 4-year-old grandaughter's dress. I'm not sure how it got into the pen, but I noticed it under Cecil and tried to pick it up. Then I realized that the belt was actually coming out of Cecil's rear! I gave her a day to expel it on her...

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Thanks for the scoop. Good to know.

I did a little research and found that the ground temperature 4' under the soil is 50-55 degrees. The articles didn't say where. Condisering that sulcatas can burrow as deep as 45 vertical feet, it seems safe to say that they're experiencing similar low temperatures while they're underground...

I was thinking that having the space inside the house would make me less nervous about the power going out during a storm, and it would keep my electric bill down. Also, it would be easier to check up on her. It seems to me that the cost of building either type is about the same -- double-wall...

When I go to a post that has photos (for example http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/bobs-shed.20710/), the photos don't show up. It doesn't work in Chrome or IE. This has happened on several threads. Is there a setting I need to check?

Living in northern Utah means long, cold winters. I have been keeping my sulcata in a spare room in an enclosure I made out of plywood. Actually, it's enclosure #2 because she outgrew the first one. She is definitely going to need to have the whole room to herself. I'm thinking of ripping out...

Freezer.

I did a search for the old bulletin board rec.pets.herp and found it. Sure enough, one of the first few posts I found from the '90s says they live in arid deserts and get most of their water from vegetation. Live and learn.

Interesting. It's still odd that -- even when water was available, she never appeared to drink any. Cecil is kind of picky about food. She will eat grass, but only when it's connected to the ground. I've given her fresh-cut grass in her pen and she ignores it. I guess she likes tearing at it...