I've been searching for Cherryheads, and keeping my eye on craigslist for SouthTexas. I saw this little pyramided sulcata baby a couple of weeks ago, and decided to buy him if no one else did. Yesterday we made the drive up the state,(about 2.5 hrs) and picked him up. The owner had purchased him from a local breeder, and he was hatched in August of 2016. She obviously loved him very much and had spent plenty in setting him up with two repti thurm heating pads, a Repti temp 500R thermostat, and an exo terra uvb 150 coil bulb, and exoterra 100w sun glo bulbs. Unfortunately the water bowl was one he probably had trouble getting into.
Poor little thing reminded me of a dried bean, all shriveled up.
He is very unafraid of hands and leans into shell and head rubs, so I know he was well loved, and paid attention to, and the owner was rehoming him because her circumstance has changed and she can't spend time with him anymore.
As you can see, he's the same size as Sophie, (hatched in April this year) and only outweighs her by 6 g.
By comparison, Sophie has put on 7g in the 4 weeks we've had her. I've started him out with soaks and as much natural light as I can give him. I'm offering him baby cactus pads and hibiscus flowers, and musclun.
He or she is as of yet unnamed, so suggestions for that, along with any advice for this little dried flakey pinto bean would be welcomed.
Poor little thing reminded me of a dried bean, all shriveled up.
He is very unafraid of hands and leans into shell and head rubs, so I know he was well loved, and paid attention to, and the owner was rehoming him because her circumstance has changed and she can't spend time with him anymore.
As you can see, he's the same size as Sophie, (hatched in April this year) and only outweighs her by 6 g.
By comparison, Sophie has put on 7g in the 4 weeks we've had her. I've started him out with soaks and as much natural light as I can give him. I'm offering him baby cactus pads and hibiscus flowers, and musclun.
He or she is as of yet unnamed, so suggestions for that, along with any advice for this little dried flakey pinto bean would be welcomed.