StephjShank
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Hey y'all!
Yesterday I walked into my local petstore to get some crickets, and walked out with a 70lb sulcata tortoise. They said they had it for two weeks, and it was in this little trough that it couldn't move, with kids jumping all over it. They had it posted for $350... I took it home for $200. I am way in over my head. I've never owned anything like this before, and I am still partially debating whether to keep it and try, or to send to a place like The Giraffe farm in FL.
My questions are, I have a large back yard that houses three mini goats. I was thinking of housing him with the three goats, as they don't seem to bother each other and they are all eating timothy and orchid hay (correct me where i'm wrong) and veggies ONLY. It seems that when I put him out with them, though, he was trying to eat dirt. So i'm conflicted on what I should be doing. I talked to the SO and we were going to dig out the sides and lay chicken wire up to the fence poles and bury it about 3 feet into the goat area on all sides. Its tedious but doable. I was also thinking of cornering one area off that just the tortoise could fit into, making him his own area where I can leave him his own veggies once a day (otherwise the goats would eat him out of stock). I live in Florida so its pretty hot. I have one of those igloo dog houses he could fit into, and i'd add a few more hiding spots. My main concern is that its all dirt, should I add mulch?
The petstore gave me only monkey biscuits and calcium to feed him. How much/how often should I be feeding him, and what exactly? This morning he ate a couple of carrots, spinich, romaine and cucumbers.
Yesterday I walked into my local petstore to get some crickets, and walked out with a 70lb sulcata tortoise. They said they had it for two weeks, and it was in this little trough that it couldn't move, with kids jumping all over it. They had it posted for $350... I took it home for $200. I am way in over my head. I've never owned anything like this before, and I am still partially debating whether to keep it and try, or to send to a place like The Giraffe farm in FL.
My questions are, I have a large back yard that houses three mini goats. I was thinking of housing him with the three goats, as they don't seem to bother each other and they are all eating timothy and orchid hay (correct me where i'm wrong) and veggies ONLY. It seems that when I put him out with them, though, he was trying to eat dirt. So i'm conflicted on what I should be doing. I talked to the SO and we were going to dig out the sides and lay chicken wire up to the fence poles and bury it about 3 feet into the goat area on all sides. Its tedious but doable. I was also thinking of cornering one area off that just the tortoise could fit into, making him his own area where I can leave him his own veggies once a day (otherwise the goats would eat him out of stock). I live in Florida so its pretty hot. I have one of those igloo dog houses he could fit into, and i'd add a few more hiding spots. My main concern is that its all dirt, should I add mulch?
The petstore gave me only monkey biscuits and calcium to feed him. How much/how often should I be feeding him, and what exactly? This morning he ate a couple of carrots, spinich, romaine and cucumbers.
