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  1. samsmom

    Tom, you have helped me so much in the last 10 years and I just wanted to say THANKS! People...

    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!
  2. samsmom

    adult sulcata calcium

    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?
  3. samsmom

    adult sulcata 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...
  4. samsmom

    Stickers

    Help! My tortoise lives in the backyard and the yard is full of stickers! How can I safely kill the stickers? Too many to pull up!
  5. samsmom

    Munchin on a bunch of weeds

    All the rain has made for some yummy crisp weeds!
  6. samsmom

    night box

    Thanks Tom! My husband was getting a little worried when we couldn't find your original post!
  7. samsmom

    night box

    thanks for your help
  8. samsmom

    night box

    Thanks!
  9. samsmom

    night box

    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...
  10. samsmom

    I don't know what to do (tortoise vomited)

    So sorry you lost your little friend.
  11. samsmom

    Is this setup okay for sulcata hatchlings?

    Congrats and you’re on the right path by being here. Read the care sheets they are fabulous and oh so very accurate!
  12. samsmom

    New to the tortoise world

    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...
  13. samsmom

    Sulcata pond

    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...
  14. samsmom

    Sulcata pond

    Don’t they tear holes in the liner?
  15. samsmom

    Sulcata pond

    Thanks
  16. samsmom

    Sulcata pond

    Thanks, I sure miss by little box turtles!
  17. samsmom

    Sulcata pond

    Great, thanks!
  18. samsmom

    Sulcata pond

    Thanks
  19. samsmom

    Sulcata pond

    That would be much too small but thanks for your input of shallow pool!
  20. samsmom

    Sulcata pond

    Excuse my ignorance but how would a drain work? No, I know how a drain works but where would the water drain to?
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