I recently built a great new outdoor house for Keyser out of an old 1930's Oak desk that I found for free on Craigslist. It's sealed, smoothed, and heated, complete with a door of black vinyl strips (couldn't find any good transparent ones), to help maintain the temperature while allowing for...
I've recently noticed the small slope on the back of Keyser's shell has been getting more pronounced.
Keyser a year ago, for reference:
I know divots are usually a sign of MBD, but MBD suddenly developing would be really strange, as (s)he's about three years old, and has had no extreme...
Alright, so first off, this is a bit of an odd conversation to have here, because it's not completely about my Sulcata.
My sulcy Keyser has been living outside for a few months now; he has a heated indoor hide to go to, and a large outdoor area to roam. This area is closed off by a chain link...
Hi guys. I figured instead of creating new threads every time I took new pictures, I'd just make one thread to update when I see fit. Seems less messy that way.
For those who remember Keyser, his last appearance here was about 6-months ago ( http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-56520.html ). In...
Hi guys :D
I'm in the process of moving Keyser outside full time in order to properly enjoy this beautiful blossoming California summer. I think he's large enough to handle this - at a year-and-a-half, he's somewhere around ten pounds right now, and, eyeballing it, is probably about eight...
Burn out slowly, or do they just suddenly burn out, like normal light bulbs?
I'm having a harder time keeping my setup at the temperature I want with my current bulb, and wondering if it could be the bulb dying, or if that is even a thing.
Hi guys.
Keyser is crazy big, and is getting bigger, to the extent where his enclosure's container (10"x24") is starting to really tighten up. He's just about hit the point where he can't fit into his hide anymore as well, so, with all this in mind, I think it's about time I get him a larger...
I don't know why the last picture is upside down.
In 8 months, Keyser Soze has grown tenfold. It's nice, now that he's larger, because I don't have to worry as much. He only gets soaks every other day now (same for Mazuri). I love the chocolatey shell he's developing!
Hi guys.
My sully hasn't gone #2 since Tuesday. It's now Friday night. The last two nights, I've been giving him extra long soaks in warm water, but still nothing. He hasn't been showing signs of lethargy, and, until tonight, he had been eating fine (he ignored his dinner to go burrow...
Are there any good strategies to cleaning these guys? Mine has a tendency to defecate in his hide, which results in, after some "digging", it being all over him.
I do what I can with my hands and warm water, but in the spurs and some of the harder to reach/sensitive places, he's still an...
Hey guys. My heat lamp just burned out - it's almost midnight, so I can't really get a new one until tomorrow. Should he be fine overnight without it? He's over 200g and has a hide with a heated roof, but his substrate is slightly damp. Should I just worry about it in the morning, or try to find...
After going from 45g to 100g in his first 2 months, he's taken even less time to hit the 200g mark. I can't wait for the sun to finally return to the Bay Area - he's going to love his first summer.
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/for/2822799522.html
"Their parents are over 100 years old.
These tortoises are extremely hardy, very easy to take of, and are very cheap to feed as they are vegetarians.
Can be kept in a dry fish tank / aquarium with sand."
Every time I see something...
Are Sulcata videos! :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srEe5n9vONw&context=C3fddf60ADOEgsToPDskJFpADeNU8kZ1UeKb6GmW1J
Keyser getting one of his personal favorites - clovers.
One of the things that I like most about Sulcatas is that, even when he gets scared of the flying clover and backs...
This is just curiosity. I bought a small warm-air humidifier for Keyser, and it runs for about 8 hours non-stop per fill. I like to control the humidity manually (spray bottles and such), but, as I'm at school/work a good 12 hours a day, and asleep a good 8 hours (I wish... more like 6 if I'm...
Hey guys. I just refreshed Keyser's substrate and scrubbed all of his items clean today after finding a large quantity of small, mite-like bugs all around his area. There must have been at least a few hundred when I got down deep, mostly on the bottom layer of newspaper I had laid down. Now, I'm...