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  1. Ashton Dillard

    How to get a sulcata to grow?

    Hello everyone. I'm feeling a bit lost with our Rosie , we adopted "her" last summer (2018) and the guy we got her from said he believed she was around 3 years old but he wasn't positive because he had got her from someone who had her and 3 others in a small aquarium. "She " pretty much lives...
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    Un happy torts ?

    Hey everyone! This is my first winter with "bigger" sulcatas. I moved Rosie and toothless inside so I could make sure they were warm enough especially since we were in able to get there house ready over the summer. When the temps are in the 70's and up I take them out side to graze and fresh...
  3. Ashton Dillard

    Planning on buying ?

    Hello :) I was wondering if y'all could point me in the right direction to go on a website to buy a box turtle or 2 ? I have no idea where to begin on ordering a boxie .Any tips or suggestions would be very appreciated
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    Wire top or no?

    Our 2 adopted sulcata's are outside full time in what I'm calling the temp pen. It is cinder blocks with a wire top. We are currently working on building a large out door enclosure . They are currently 3 years old. Rosie is almost 3 /12 pounds and toothless is almost 2 1/2 pounds . My question...
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    Building a Winter house :)

    Hello all so my biggest fear has been winter hitting us when I'm the least prepared. My husband has been work 6-7 days a week so he hasn't been able to help as much as I was hoping but hopefully that will change soon and he will get some days off to help. My dad gave me a shipping box and I...
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    New Family memebers

    We finally got a new addition :) . We found a guy who rescues sulcata's. We were very happy to adopt an around 3 years old. While we where there my mother in law adopted another one around the same age but it lives with us :) We named the one we adopted Rosie and the one my mother in law...
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    An update on us

    Hey everyone I'm sorry I have been absent from here for awhile between loosing my phone , life and kids we have been super busy! Can't wait to catch up with all the beautiful post on here
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    Tortoise town?

    Hello again friends. We are wanting to get another sulcata baby to add to our family. And I'm trying to find a good place to get one. Can y'all recommend any places that don't want an arm n leg for a hatchling? The closets rescue is 4 hours away and not to many people have them around us. 4...
  9. Ashton Dillard

    For those who grow their own tort food

    hello!! I'm so excited to have our new place but then again I'm kinda bummed that there isn't many weeds :( so I'm planning on growing more food for hiccup. So far I have the plants from the old house : snap dragons, pansy's ,hibiscus, and spinless cactus . If you grow your own food what do...
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    Building a habitat way a head of time

    HELLO Fellow Members! So we are officially moved into our new home as of this weekend andI''m beyond excited for several reason .. One of those reasons ( that I haven't mentioned to me husband lol) is the room for our Hiccup. I know he/she isn't near ready to be let free to roam the planned...
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    Trying to move my baby outside?

    Hello everyone I apologize for not being on in a while life has been so hectic here.... Hiccup is doing great and seams to be growing ;) he is almost out of room in his enclosure now and I have been trying to figure out an outdoor set up for hin/her but can't seam to find anything on line about...
  12. Ashton Dillard

    hiccups newest enclosure:)

    well I think im finally happy with this enclosure. my father in law built it for us. We are going to add some things of course but so far i love it. my husband is going to put boards around the bottom so hiccup can't see out. The coconut substrate i ordered will be here tomorrowso what he is on...
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    help! when can i return to outside time?

    hello :) im not sure if this is the right spot but im hoping ya'll can help. the mosquitos got super bad after huricane harvey that the county sprayed from airplanes 3 or 4 times in my area to try to get rid of them because of this i have not taken our hiccup out side.. it has rained a few...
  14. Ashton Dillard

    the new digs

    our sweet little hiccup out grew her habitat we had her in. or at least thats what im thinking. she seamed to not have much room anymore to move around so i did the best i could for the moment. Im having to wait on my husband to build her a better habitat. which might be a couple of months so...
  15. Ashton Dillard

    is this bedding OK?

    I'm trying to find find a good substrate to order and didn't realize that there was so many years to choose from. our local Walmart only has aspen bedding and cedar bedding, I know the Cedar isn't good but how about the Aspen? I also found this on amazon would it be better to get ? or should...
  16. Ashton Dillard

    seeking advice on a baby Sulcata

    hello everyone ! we have finally found a baby Sulcata to purchase ( I never got the close rescue to respond ). any way we are very excited that we get to welcome it home tomorrow!!! but even though I have read everything I can get my hands on to and have searched through the forum i still have...
  17. Ashton Dillard

    Hello fellow tort lovers !

    hello and thank you for accepting me. I'm very excited to be a part of the forum. just a bit about me. I'm a stay at home mom of 3 girls ( 6 yrs, 4 yes, 1 yr). we have a small farm of dwarf goats, 1 blood hound and we recently adopted a mini schnauzer. We are currently looking to adopt a...
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