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Thanks for all your help guys and gals. I have made all the necessary changes to his habitat and will hope for the best.

mixture of topsoil, play sand, and coconut fiber Read more: http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Reeses-tends-to-drag-his-feet#ixzz1hO2nBikB

The pen is an open top so he gets direct sun exposure. There are 2 heating lamps faced towards one corner. Up until before i placed him in the pen, He used to have a slim light fixture described above. Though I am considering placing a MVB bulb in there as well.

Thanks for all the info guys. Ill be installing a watering area in the pen this coming week and will also be purchasing kale collard and mustard greens this weekend for his diet. I live in southern california. his pen is 40x40x1.5 ft. Temperatures vary between 60 and 85 during the winter time...

he is now being kept in a small pen on my balcony. I soak him once a week and he eats a mixture of orchard grass and romaine lettuce.

When he was indoors, he had a I installed a slimline light fixture with a 7% UVB lamp and his food is dusted with Repto Cal and he also has a cuttle bone in his pen. What are my options and available treatments? Thanks for all the help.

Hello everyone, long time no see. I have noticed as of late that my Reese (2 year old sulcata) tends to walk with mostly his front legs all the while dragging his hind legs. Can anything be done to correct this? Right now he has a bedding of a mixture of topsoil, play sand, and coconut fiber. I...

ive been soaking him every day for about 20 minutes for the past several days, yet his poop is still white and grainy. i also moisten his spring mix and carrots. The humidity in the cool area is around 60. Is there anything else i can do to keep him from getting dehydrated?

Here is a pic of the plastron. http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c331/SongofChaosZERO/106_2199.jpg

Hello to all, me again. Id like to report that my tortoise is eating like a pig, though he/she seems quite pleased with the surroundings. Though incredibly fussy when being cleaned with a q-tip. However, I am slightly worried, I installed a slimline light fixture with a 7% UVB lamp, and use...

thanks again very much guys and gals!!

Hello to all, I'd like to report that my tortoise is doing fine now, eating regularly, still a little fussy when I bathe and clean him, but otherwise well. Ive started Reeses on a regimen of Reptocal which has D3 in it. Ive read that D3 AND a UVB light are bad for a tortoise when used in...

thanks so much for all your help guys. Ill get it out of the fir immediately. I bought a bit of Spring Mix today, and placed it in his tank then left for work. By the time i got back three hours later, only a few leaves were left!! I intend on getting him a better substrate this weekend, and...

Hello again, its been a day and a half since my baby Sulcata arrive in its new home and not once has it eaten to the best of my knowledge. The previous owner had 3 of them in a 3 foot by 1/5 foot plastic tub on gravel with rabbit grass. He said that it suits them just fine and they don't eat...

Hello to all, I'm new to the tortoise keeping bit, as such, i am in need of a bit of advice. I got my sulcata from a friend and took him to a pet store where they sell them as well. They sold me a to gallon tank, a water dish, and woodchips as well as heating lamp (the ones with the red bulbs)...

Hello to all, I just purchased my sulcata yesterday, I hope to have him/her for a very long time, and i hope to have a wonderful learning experience while I'm here. Reeses his my first tortoise.