How old are they??

[ladyfce]

I've had these two Sulcatas for about 3 months and I was wondering About how old they were ? Can anybody help me??

 

[Tom]

No way to tell. Could be three months old or three years old.

Did they have an egg tooth on the end of their snout when you got them?

They have been kept too dry. Click the links in my signature for some threads on how to keep them. They are NOT desert animals. THey hatch during the rainy season and they need warm temps, lots of humidity and good hydration when they are babies.

 

[ladyfce]

We keep them outside and we live in Mississippi, the humidity stays at a constant high and it's pretty hot. I've been trying to set up a kiddie pool habitat for them but we recently moved so they stay in a 20 gallon L tank with screen. They eat Timothy hay and orchard grass and hibiscus flowers and spring mix and we attempt to feed them mazuri pellets but they don't take to them. Is there anything else we should try to feed them?

 

[Tom]

Food: http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-76744.html

Care: http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-63788.html

General info: http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-45180.html

Indoor housing: http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-32333.html

They are outside in a 20 gallon tank? I think this is a mistake. I wouldn't house them this way. They don't tend to do as well when housed full time outdoors as babies, and that tank is way too small. How are you heating and lighting them? Night heat?

I hope we can help you a bit here.

 

[Terry Allan Hall]

We keep them outside and we live in Mississippi, the humidity stays at a constant high and it's pretty hot. I've been trying to set up a kiddie pool habitat for them but we recently moved so they stay in a 20 gallon L tank with screen. They eat Timothy hay and orchard grass and hibiscus flowers and spring mix and we attempt to feed them mazuri pellets but they don't take to them. Is there anything else we should try to feed them?

Are you giving the Mazuri dry or soaked?

If dry, offer them soaked. If that doesn't work, mix the soaked pellets with carrot slivers.

 

[ladyfce]

Food: http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-76744.html

Care: http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-63788.html

General info: http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-45180.html

Indoor housing: http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-32333.html

They are outside in a 20 gallon tank? I think this is a mistake. I wouldn't house them this way. They don't tend to do as well when housed full time outdoors as babies, and that tank is way too small. How are you heating and lighting them? Night heat?

I hope we can help you a bit here.

I was saying the tank is not a long term home, we just moved and our house is in boxes the tank is a temporary house. Though they have plently of room since they are only hatchlings. We have had them under was a mercury vapor bulb and a heat bulb at night when they were indoors, now that they are outside and temperatures hardly drop below 85 we have not kept heat bulbs on them.

 

[ladyfce]

We keep them outside and we live in Mississippi, the humidity stays at a constant high and it's pretty hot. I've been trying to set up a kiddie pool habitat for them but we recently moved so they stay in a 20 gallon L tank with screen. They eat Timothy hay and orchard grass and hibiscus flowers and spring mix and we attempt to feed them mazuri pellets but they don't take to them. Is there anything else we should try to feed them?

Are you giving the Mazuri dry or soaked?

If dry, offer them soaked. If that doesn't work, mix the soaked pellets with carrot

I haven't heard about carrot slivers ill try that they are offered soaked pellets