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Thank you! Yes, my tortoise (Darwin) is still young - he is about 2 years old and stays inside at night or if it's raining outside. I put him outside during the day to graze and get sun (and he seems happiest when he gets lots of time outside, plus it's naturally more humid in our climate - I'm...

Aloha! We need to treat our yard for a horrible infestation of mealybugs - they are destroying all of our landscaping, plants, trees, garden, etc, including the edible plants (hibiscus and cactus) inside my tortoise enclosure. This bug is an invasive species where I live in Hawaii, which has a...

Thank you! Great suggestions! When you're talking about their length, I'm assuming you're measuring the length of the bottom of the shell, correct? Darwin is just under 100 grams, a little over 98 grams actually, but the length of his bottom shell is right at 3 inches. His top shell is pretty...

Thank you so much @Tom!! I feel much better now! I don't really have space inside for such a large enclosure as you use (4x8) - but I have some ideas for trying to DIY modify the tortoise table I bought to try to get it to work for a few more months. I'm reassured though with the temps at least...

@Tom could you chime in here please? I've read all of the Care Sheets, but still feel a little confused. I saw a comment you made on another new tortoise owner's post about getting rid of the red bulb they were using, but had also read another suggestion that they need it to be dark at night...

Ok, thanks! I'll try replacing the half log with your suggestion of the plastic box hide. What about somehow covering part of the open portion of tortoise table lid (other than the part where the lamps are obviously)? Do you think that would help up the humidity some? Like with a towel or a box...

I have had our baby sulcata for a little over a month and am trying to learn the best way to care for him. I'm not sure how old he is exactly. The people we took him from didn't really seem to know what they were doing, and they told us they "thought" he was 2 months old, but after spending a...

Thanks for the info! I will definitely see if I can find some info on Kaimana. If you have any contact info you can share, that would be great! Were they in Lahaina? Kaanapali? Thanks again!

Aloha Adam! I just joined the forum and live on Maui. I have a baby sulcata that I've had for about a month. I think he is about 3 or 4 months old now. Would love to connect and talk about our environments and share information. You will fortunately have a few more shopping options on Oahu than...

I'm a new Sulcata Tortoise parent and as far as I can tell, the tortoise I've rescued is a baby, approximately 3-4 months old. I've already found a lot of helpful information on this site, so thank you! I live on the island of Maui, Hawaii, and have pretty limited tortoise resources. So far...