Hello everyone,
I really like this forum, I red already a lot of threads and finally I decided to register myself as well!!
I am Carlotta from UK (I am Italian but I live in UK) and I am a new owner of a “baby†Sulcata.
I didn’t know a lot about Sulcata before deciding to have one; I have 5 tortoises in my parents’ house in Italy (3 Hermann, 1 Marginated and 1 crossbreed Marginated and Greek) so my experience was limited to European breed!!
I decided for a Sulcata because they do not hibernate (I do not have a proper place for hibernation as I do not have my own garden).
The girl that gave me the tortoise sad she/he is 18 months old, she was hatched by one of her friend and she has been wormed.
Here my concern: the tortoise is very small for a Sulcata of 18 month!!!
When at home I weighed her and she was 64 grams and less than 7 cm long!!
I have her since one week, she is very active and she is gaining weigh (now she is 68 grams) but I would like to know if it is possible for a 18 month sulcata to be so small and what could it be the consequence of that!
Just to be more precise I am housing her in a box with UV/heating lamp (80cm x 40 cm) and I am planning to have a bigger tortoise table. The substrate is a tortoise soil and she has a pot as house and hay where she can hide along with water tray!!
I am feeding her with hay, dandelion, red leaf, lamb lettuce and freshly cut grass plus some tortoise food (low protein, high fibres and Calcium) and I bath her once a day as she doesn’t drink so much.
I attach some pictures of my baby and I will wait for your expert opinion and suggestion!!
Thank you very much,
Carlotta
I really like this forum, I red already a lot of threads and finally I decided to register myself as well!!
I am Carlotta from UK (I am Italian but I live in UK) and I am a new owner of a “baby†Sulcata.
I didn’t know a lot about Sulcata before deciding to have one; I have 5 tortoises in my parents’ house in Italy (3 Hermann, 1 Marginated and 1 crossbreed Marginated and Greek) so my experience was limited to European breed!!
I decided for a Sulcata because they do not hibernate (I do not have a proper place for hibernation as I do not have my own garden).
The girl that gave me the tortoise sad she/he is 18 months old, she was hatched by one of her friend and she has been wormed.
Here my concern: the tortoise is very small for a Sulcata of 18 month!!!
When at home I weighed her and she was 64 grams and less than 7 cm long!!
I have her since one week, she is very active and she is gaining weigh (now she is 68 grams) but I would like to know if it is possible for a 18 month sulcata to be so small and what could it be the consequence of that!
Just to be more precise I am housing her in a box with UV/heating lamp (80cm x 40 cm) and I am planning to have a bigger tortoise table. The substrate is a tortoise soil and she has a pot as house and hay where she can hide along with water tray!!
I am feeding her with hay, dandelion, red leaf, lamb lettuce and freshly cut grass plus some tortoise food (low protein, high fibres and Calcium) and I bath her once a day as she doesn’t drink so much.
I attach some pictures of my baby and I will wait for your expert opinion and suggestion!!
Thank you very much,
Carlotta
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