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Shrimp is about 3 and a half years old now and right at 12 inches long. Is it just me, or is he looking kind of like a she?

My sulcatta, Shrimp, is just about big enough to be outdoors all the time. I just need to build him a heated night box. I want to do it right, quality build with enough space that I only have to do this once. I plan on basing it off of @Tom 's idea that he has posted severally versions of...

I recently started putting my Sulcata tortoise outside during the day and only bringing him in overnight . Is he good to just eat what he is grazing on through out the day? Should I need to supplement anything more than just mazuri once or twice a week? Shrimp is just shy of 6 inches and is...

I ordered these online. 2 inch pots, just under $2 a piece, but the seller doesn't include any identifying information. I guess you get what you get and you don't throw a fit? Anyways- the plan was to put these in pots in our outdoor enclosure. Shrimp can eventually nibble on any of the new...

Nothing terribly exciting, just wanted to share that we increased the size. Now I just need more plants and hiding spots. We had really let the garden go over the summer, and had a wild rabbit or 2 living in it.

We don't have any real trees I. Our backyard, but our neighbors have a tree that keeps sending up little shoots into our yard. I let Shrimp out today and he really wanted to eat the entire tree. Anyone know what it is and if it is safe? Pics of the runner tree and of the big tree over the wall.

Quick stats- 4 months old, 167 grams, 3.5 inches long. He got a new hat and new fake plants in his enclosure. Question: I have tried to keep the humidity up in his enclosure, but he still has a weird indent towards the back of his shell. Is this just the shape of sulcatas unless you...

I have relatives that have a bunch of tortoises. Most of them are sulcatas, but this one that they adopted is different. My brother was calling it a Russian, but I didn't think that is it. I was thinking a desert tortoise. We are in Arizona. The old owner tried to take it to the Phoenix...

No, not really. He just wants to eat the pumpkin behind him and the green cup.

I tried searching the forum, but couldn't come up with anything recent. I was looking to order some Mazuri online, but I don't know what the going rate is for it. I found some on e-bay, but I am not sure if it is a good price. How much do you pay per pound? And where do you get it...

I finally just decided to go for it and bought some new cement blocks. Does this look okay? It is 14 blocks (8x 8x16 size) with 2 crib sides over top. I am not done yet, it isn't even in the right spot in the yard yet! Questions: I read 1 post about the cement blocks damaging the...

This week the Phoenix Zoo is having their week long "Boo at the Zoo" event. I wasn't that interested (it is still too hot!) till I saw that their tortoises were scheduled to get special fall treats! So I took my youngest to check it out while the big ones were at school. The first one had a...

We started with his mush today.

OK- so maybe huge is overstating it a little bit, but we do have big goals for him. We think he was around 3 weeks when we got him and less than 43 grams, and now he is 7 weeks and 73 grams! His weekly weights so far: 9/14: 1.5 ounces 9/21: 2.0 ounces (With a new, more accurate scale)...

To start off- Shrimp seems to be completely fine right now. I put him into his outside box and picked it up to carry him outside. I didn't notice that my children had rearranged the cement blocks on the back porch and i tripped and fell. I held onto the box the whole time- first my knees hit...

This is Shrimp. We have had him since September 6th. My aunt already has 6 or 7 sulcata tortoises and a friend gave her a new hatchling. She had him about a week when she asked if me and my 5 kids would like to take care of him. If we wanted to keep him forever, that was fine. But if...

I put this together for Shrimp to get some safe outside time. I will plant seed once it gets here. He will only be outside for about 30 minutes at a time for now with the box sitting in the shade from our neighbors trees. I added a picture with and without the lid. Does this look like an...

I have a baby sulcata, (shrimp) and I would really like to buy some of the special "tortoise seed mix" to start growing for him. I am thinking trays in the window, a small play-pen type box in the back yard for him, and a possible system to grow seed right in his habitat. But looking at online...

I was at the store looking through the produce section for tortoise foods, when i found this "living butter lettuce". It comes in a plastic box and still has roots on it. It is supposed to make it last longer/stay fresher in your fridge. So I wanted it up real good, washed all the old dirt...

Here is what I have created for Shrimp. The bottom is a sandbox that he came with. It is 32x45 inches. The top is what I made- with wooden dowels, duct tape, shower curtains, hot glue, and 2 zippers. The whole thing can be lifted off, and the front panel opens with the 2 zippers. It...