Hi everyone, I am new to this site and decided to join because I want to make sure my sulcatas get the required care and attention they need, so I need some help
Ok so i bought 3 baby sulcatas, they are 12 weeks old now, but i have a question and I am kinda worried, my sulcatas seem healthy, they eat like normal they defecate daily, once or twice, and sometimes they defecate twice in one sitting haha, i dont overfeed them, I give them food in the afternoon and then at night, i feed them iceberg lettuce,.....just kidding, i feed them romaine lettuce and mazuri...and every other day i sprinkle some cuttlebone on their food, I built a little enclosure about 4 feet in lenght and 2 feet wide, and i put timothy hay and hibiscus mix as the substrate, and i made a hiding area for them, is there anything i should do also? oh and i soak them daily for about 10 mins, they walk out on their own, i dont want to force them into being wet, they drink water but not too much....but i wouldnt know how much is enough lol so i cant say much on that, I am pretty much a newbie on the tortoises, now i have one slight problem, 2 of my tortoises have 2 soft spots on their plastrons, I dont know why that is, right now they seemed to have hardened but just about an hour ago i the spot soft, not real soft but softer than the rest of the plastron which is hard, also the plastron is regular color but the soft spots are a darker shade...i am really worried, they seem really healthy too, but I dont want to think that and then it all goes wrong D: ,thanks for your time and all your answers, I will be here waiting for any replies
thanks a lot guys for your patience in reading this lol, i just had to get this info out
if you guys can give me any tips also on what else to do, i will gladly accept the help
i will actually post some a photo of the bottom of the tortoise
well this is all of it, thanks for your time once more lol
f.y.i all this was posted exactly 30 mins from the plastron event
Ok so i bought 3 baby sulcatas, they are 12 weeks old now, but i have a question and I am kinda worried, my sulcatas seem healthy, they eat like normal they defecate daily, once or twice, and sometimes they defecate twice in one sitting haha, i dont overfeed them, I give them food in the afternoon and then at night, i feed them iceberg lettuce,.....just kidding, i feed them romaine lettuce and mazuri...and every other day i sprinkle some cuttlebone on their food, I built a little enclosure about 4 feet in lenght and 2 feet wide, and i put timothy hay and hibiscus mix as the substrate, and i made a hiding area for them, is there anything i should do also? oh and i soak them daily for about 10 mins, they walk out on their own, i dont want to force them into being wet, they drink water but not too much....but i wouldnt know how much is enough lol so i cant say much on that, I am pretty much a newbie on the tortoises, now i have one slight problem, 2 of my tortoises have 2 soft spots on their plastrons, I dont know why that is, right now they seemed to have hardened but just about an hour ago i the spot soft, not real soft but softer than the rest of the plastron which is hard, also the plastron is regular color but the soft spots are a darker shade...i am really worried, they seem really healthy too, but I dont want to think that and then it all goes wrong D: ,thanks for your time and all your answers, I will be here waiting for any replies
thanks a lot guys for your patience in reading this lol, i just had to get this info outif you guys can give me any tips also on what else to do, i will gladly accept the help
i will actually post some a photo of the bottom of the tortoise
well this is all of it, thanks for your time once more lol
f.y.i all this was posted exactly 30 mins from the plastron event
