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    Adopting Sulcata Advice

    I am in Washington state, on the eastern side, so it is desert like here but we still get cold winters. i just didn't update my information, sorry. the bottom of her enclosure is tiled and sealed to resist water damage and prevent her from digging through the wood, i was spraying the soil with...
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    Adopting Sulcata Advice

    so a little more than a year ago, I think, I adopted/rescued young sulcata from pretty terrible living conditions. She was fed 3-4 large Romain leafs a day, some days she would get a handful of dandelions, she lived in a 12” by 30” fish tank and was only taken outside in a box a couple times a...
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    Adopting Sulcata Advice

    Hello everyone, A while back i wrote about adopting my sisters Sulcata and got a lot of great and helpful information here. Hanu has been doing very well.. she is SO sweet. I love her. And because i love her i wanted to check in with more experienced people to see how i am doing and what i...
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    Adopting Sulcata Advice

    I went and got Hanu the day I wrote this thread, I just could not stand the idea that she was suffering in that little tank anymore. Now she is in a giant-sized tote, eating almost completely grass, and no longer has said as a substrate. I am looking for the orchid bark but so far no luck at...
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    Adopting Sulcata Advice

    Thank you! i agree the 5x4 is too small but it is just a temp arrangement until we get through the coldest months here while we plan out what her (i think its a her) living space will be eventually. i will read these, again thanks.
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    Adopting Sulcata Advice

    My sister has finally agreed to release her Sulcata tortoise to me! Hanu is about eight years old, between 8-10 inches long. Currently, at my sister's house, she lives in a 1ft by 30 inch fish tank, she has no burrow, her substrate is red sand, about two inches deep, and they feed her only...
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