Tom, you have helped me so much in the last 10 years and I just wanted to say THANKS! People always chuckle when I tell them that I learned all about caring for Samson from Tom The Dog Trainer, also from this forum. So thanks again and have a wonderful New Year!
Thanks Yvonne. I currently have a tortoise block in his food bowl but he never touches it. Think I'll replace that with cuttlebone! Is it possible or would it be harmful for him to get too much calcium?
My 10 yo 85-100 lb sulcata lives outside. He grazes (bermuda and st augustine grass/weeds...) year round and this is the first winter that he has really started liking to eat hay. Occasionally he gets squash, zucchini, cucumber, spring mix, various greens, flowers, mazuri pellets and optunia...
First night box built using plans from Tom. Time to build another box and plans/pictures are no longer available. Have a 7 yo male sulcata that lives outdoors year round. Enclosure is large and fully fenced, shaded, has plenty of grass/weeds to eat, has soaking pond and his own self dug...
Welcome and congrats on your eagerness to learn how to properly care for your sulcata! I have a 6 yo sulcata named Samson and I also live in east Texas, cedar creek lake area! This forum is great and the reason I have a smooth and healthy tort! Read all you can, especially the care sheets...
Thanks everyone for your wonderful ideas! Spent the last few days trying some other things with the current pond and if this doesn’t work then I’m def going with a cement pond! Samson loves to get in his pond and will spend lots of time daily walking around in the water and just chillin so he...