An update on my tort: She's doing a lot better now after I've been feeding her prickly and soaking her every day she picked up her spirits a lot. Now that it's been getting warmer I've been letting her out for sunshine during the day and bringing her in when it gets cold. I'm in the process of...
I have a similar question about winter behavior: I've had to start keeping my tortoise inside most of the day now that the days are colder and either let it out to eat around noon when I can or sometime in the afternoon, and if not I feed it inside. However, she's become really sluggish recently...
Well, it's a good 5, 5.5 inches which is what the guy told me would be ok outside. I'm not sure how old it is, but I was told it was about one year old. I noticed him eating from the short hibiscus in my backyard which means it's not that he doesn't want it, he just wants to get them himself (I...
I'm having a problem with an incredibly picky Sulcatta. It's a baby Sulcata living outside, where I have a water dish it doesn't like to use, a mud pit it doesn't like to use, hibiscus it rarely eats (I think because it's had to rely on it so much it just got tired of eating it) plus a tree that...
He's about 5 inches. He eats a lot during the cooler times of the day and walks around or hides when it's 100+ so he should be fine. Upon closer inspection he does open his mouth, so you're right about the breathing hard. I've been hanging around him and bringing him inside to interact with him...
I got a juvenile Sulcata some days ago from a rescue society here in Arizona and I've got two quick questions for you experienced Sulcata owners.
First: My Sulcata seems to "hiccup" when it's just sitting there. His head just kind of bumps up and he closes his eyes. I don't know if he's...