New Sulcata Owner any help?

HI my name is frank and I just purchased a sulcata tortoise in southeast ga. i have found that the pet store employees are complete idiots according to what i have read so far on the care of a sulcata tortoise hatchling. i bought it any way and i am going to do everything i can to make sure my new family addition is healthy and safe any help on the care of a hatchling will be greatly appreciated. mainly how much and how often should i water or "soak" my hatchling (aka: Tokka) pet store said 15-20 min once or twice a week. how often should i feed and how much of these tortoise pellets ( about as big as a tootsie roll) do i need to give again pet store says 1-2 every other day. about how long before i need to move tokka out of the aquarium (which the pet store employee said i could keep him in for about 3 years! doubtful) i want to make sure i am correctly taking care of tokka and making sure he is healthy. i am new to the care of a tortoise and any help is welcome. thank all of you in advance for your help with this.

Hello and welcome. You are already ahead of the game!

Here ya go. All your answers and more are in these:
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/how-to-raise-a-healthy-sulcata-or-leopard-version-2-0.79895/
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/for-those-who-have-a-young-sulcata.76744/
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/beginner-mistakes.45180/

Read read and Read some more! welcome!

Read, read, and read more. This forum has threads that will put you in the right direction on all of the questions you have. Please navigate yourself to "species specific", then "African tortoise", and then "sulcata tortoise". You'll then see the first 5 pinned threads that will answer everything, and then some. If you have problems, we will be glad to help.


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Here's some great plant identification websites I use.

http://www.tlady.clara.net/TortGuide/diet.htm#plantlist

http://africantortoise.com/edible_landscaping.htm

http://m.thetortoisetable.org.uk/m/plants_19.asp

Ha! Looks like others beat me to it. This wasn't planned!


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Here's some great plant identification websites I use.

http://www.tlady.clara.net/TortGuide/diet.htm#plantlist

http://africantortoise.com/edible_landscaping.htm

http://m.thetortoisetable.org.uk/m/plants_19.asp

Hello Frank welcome to the TFO from AZ.


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Welcome!

Welcome to TFO

Welcome to the Forum, Frank!

Welcome

I followed those care sheets pretty close and my baby just turned a year old today. They have helped soooooo much to raise a perfect healthy sulcata baby! Take the time to look them over welcome!