First Sulcata!

[rexor65]

Hey all, I'm from Orange County, California originally but am in Tempe, Arizona for school currently. I got my first sulcata about a week ago. He is a little over 2 months old and is adorable! Named him Ironhide, well my roommate came up with that name but it seems to have stuck! Posted a pick of him.

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi rexor65:

Welcome to the Tortoise Forum!!

May we know your name?

Your little guy is pretty cute.

 

[dmarcus]

Hello and welcome to the forum...

 

[Yvonne G]

May I make a couple suggestions? Change your substrate. Keeping baby tortoises on pellets is old school. Now-a-days, we understand that we need to keep baby tortoises on a substrate that we can moisten. A more humid environment keeps the baby from pyramiding.

And second, read this thread. It will help you raise a beautiful baby:

http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-How-To-Raise-Sulcata-Hatchlings-and-Babies#axzz1W9S62sYu

 

[DeanS]

Well put Yvonne!

 

[AnthonyC]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[HipsterTorts]

Welcome!
He is so cute

 

[rexor65]

Thanks everyone! My name is Matt by the way and the bedding was actually a question I had so that helps me a lot! What do you suggest instead of the rabbit pellets? my enclosure is a 2.5 foot by 4 foot wooden structure with 8" high walls.

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi Matt:

I prefer to use either the fine grade orchid bark or cypress mulch. The cypress mulch is a bit hard to find on the West Coast. But easterners can buy it cheaply at the home improvement stores. I don't know how available it is in Arizona. Lots of folks use coconut coir (you buy it in a compressed brick that you soak in a 5 gallon bucket of water to re-hydrate), but I really don't like it. It a personal preference. You want something that you can moisten. So you'll need to line your wooden habitat with a shower curtain or sheet plastic to protect the wood.

 

[Chad Horne]

Hello, and congrats on the new little one.

 

[laramie]

Hello and nice to meet you.

 

[RV's mom]

hi and welcome to the forum!
I'm in S. Phoenix with RV and have cactus pads, if you need one now and again...

teri

 

[tyler0912]

May I make a couple suggestions? Change your substrate. Keeping baby tortoises on pellets is old school. Now-a-days, we understand that we need to keep baby tortoises on a substrate that we can moisten. A more humid environment keeps the baby from pyramiding.

And second, read this thread. It will help you raise a beautiful baby:

http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-How-...z1W9S62sYu

^ ^ ^
2nd this!
Your little ones a beuaty!

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Welcome.