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My grandmother has a 30-35 lb female Sulcata and wants to know if it is safe to plant a ginko biloba tree near her enclosure? Meaning, if she eats anything off/from the tree, will it be harmful to her Sulcata? Thanks y'all!

I wanted y'alls opinion as to whether Isla looks to be male or female? She is 6.25 inches long (29 months old & 749 grams), and I thought maybe she/he is finally big enough to accurately sex?

Hey, everyone. My Sulcata tortoise, Isla, is 28 months old. I got her in April of 2017. She hadn't been very well taken care of, but has almost tripled in weight since I adopted her. She is usually very active, eats a ton and poops even more. But lately, she has been very sluggish. Mostly...

Ok y'all, first off, this Is NOT a mulberry leaf. That much I know. Although it does look very similar. These are leathery all over and a bit hairy.

Hey y'all. Wanted to ask about 3 different things. I will provide pics. First, are beauty berry (calicarpa) leaves and/or fruit, edible for sulcatas? Second, are phlox flowers edible for sulcatas? These two things are very common where I live in Florida. Third, what about Japanese millet...

Is there something going on with the app? Any time I try to attach a picture or file in a post or a PM, it keeps saying something like "administrator does not allow".

My Grammy has a pretty minor ant ussue in her 15 year old Sulcatas outdoor enclusure. She deals a lot with aquariums and has "aquarium quality" D/E. Would that be okay to put all in her Freda's enclosure? If not, where would she get "food quality" D/E? Thanks in advance, y'all!

Hey everyone. Isla looks pretty obviously female to me, but I just wanted to know if y'all concur. Thanks!

So, after hurricane Irma, our yard became infested with fleas, and for some reason it greatly intensified our previous issue with carpenter and fire ants. I'm talking a s*** ton of them. SO. I had to put out granulated insect killer. I have used it before to tamp down the aforementioned ant...

I'm aware that sulcata tortoises should only rarely be fed fruit. However, i was just wondering, when y'all do feed your sully's fruit - what do the enjoy most?

I'm so excited that I'm finally getting to start constructing Isla's 14ft x 6ft yard enclosure tomorrow! I'll definitely design a bigger space when she's a bit older, but for now - with her only being 5 1/2 inches long - I think it will suffice. I'd like some advice on shade plants. Not huge...

Hey y'all. Can Sulcatas eat 'resurrection fern?

Hey everyone, I brought Isla home a little over 5 months ago. When I got her, the previous owner said she was approximately 20 months old. She had some pyramiding, which I've been trying to correct (I'm aware that you can't reverse it, but you can cultivate favorable conditions, that as they...

Hey, so isla's shell looked fine on Saturday afternoon. No dryness, peeling, discoloration. Saturday afternoon I had to set up her portable indoor enclosure and bring her in, because of hurricane Irma. There was no way she could stay outside, even in her porch enclosure. So I used the same kind...

Hey, so she snuck 3-4 bites of dog poop during yard time. Yes, I was outside with her but she was in some higher grass and I thought she was just resting/sunning herself, but she was in fact, chowing down on some semi-fresh dog poop. I just started my dog on the Trifexis this past Monday...

Hey y'all, isla is almost 2 years old and hates grass. I make her a salad mix out of things I grow for her in my yard (pesticide & fertilizer free, of course). Usually that consists of wandering jew, chickweed, some clover, Bermuda grass, fescue, lavender, cilantro, dandelion greens, leaves and...

My grandmother has a 13 year old female sulcata named Frita and I have a 2 year old female sulcata named Isla. My grandmother lives on a farm about 40 miles away and I enjoy visiting, I was wondering what y'all thought about my bringing Isla with me on one of my visits. I know tortoises are not...

18 months old upon arriving home. 4.08.17 weight: (273 grams) plastron length: 4.50 inches plastron width: 3.50 inches 4.17.17 weight: (287 grams) 4.25.17 weight: (294 grams) 5.12.17 weight: (298 grams) plastron length: 4.50 inches plastron width: 4 inches 5.19.17 weight: (303 grams)...

I'm going to be out of town from 6.25 - 7.01. I live in Ocala, Florida. Area code 34476. Does anyone live near me that I can pay to check in on my juvenile sulcata tort? To feed, soak, switch on/off her day/night lighting, etc? Or if no one lives near me, is there a reptile sitter website that...

So, I have 2 questions for yall. firstly, Isla seems/acts perfectly healthy but I've noticed she hates cuttlebones, so I bought some Flukers liquid calcium. my question is, how in the world do I get her to take it? she flat out refused to drink her water if I put it in it. And how would I get...