Hey, how's everyone been on Tortoise Forum? 
It's been about 3 years since I've posted anything since my last Sulcata I introduced you ladies and gentlemen to. A lot has happened since. I raised a pair of Het Ivories, but never posted a single thing about them on here, wish I did. There long gone now to hopefully a better home now.
I'm back now to introduce you to a new pair of unsexed hatchling Sulcata's I recently purchased from Lancecham. If anyone's looking for reptiles especially Sulcata's check him out. I recommend him along with all the other top quality breeders here on this forum. From my previous experiences, I've successfully raised Sulcata's to have no pyramiding, which is basically what this will be about, as well as raising them to be life long family members. There's already tons of information about pyramiding/humidity/temperature being the the prime example to reduce the cause, it's all over the forum. This topic is solely about the way I have been/improving the way I raise my Sulcata's and the information I'm able to provide. I will update this thread on a monthly basis along with pictures and growth rates.
Lets do a recap, if you're interested go ahead and look at my previous threads for my older Sulcata I used to raise. Here's a quick summary; I bought him/her from Tyler Stewart back in November 2008, and raised it for a few short months until around September 2009, almost a year. I was able to raise it with no pyramiding based off most of the research I did here on the forums. About 95% of the time it was raised off of eating only Mazuri Tortoise Diet and didn't have an entire moisture chamber, but a small humid hide. The entire enclosure was dry substrates and constant air flow. I lightly soaked him/her occasionally and sprayed rigorously, I never took it out for natural sunlight nor did I feed it greens/grasses. You may think this is all crazy and torture, but it was still a entirely healthy and active tortoise. As you can see I attached pictures of its evolving enclosures and growth.
Focusing back to my new pair of Sulcata's, after reading multiple threads and seeing tons of pictures of tortoises becoming more smooth, I thought I'd give it another shot. I blame Tom. But this time do everything above and beyond from what I previously raised. Yes, this means trying my absolute best to go all out, glass terrarium/moisture chamber, misting system, proper dieting, new substrates and MORE HUMIDITY! As the days continue to count down I'll be updating there sizes and weight. Please, continue to check back as information updates. This is just a quick introduction. Meet the Sulcata's! 
Pictures were taken with my iPhone 5.
It's been about 3 years since I've posted anything since my last Sulcata I introduced you ladies and gentlemen to. A lot has happened since. I raised a pair of Het Ivories, but never posted a single thing about them on here, wish I did. There long gone now to hopefully a better home now.
I'm back now to introduce you to a new pair of unsexed hatchling Sulcata's I recently purchased from Lancecham. If anyone's looking for reptiles especially Sulcata's check him out. I recommend him along with all the other top quality breeders here on this forum. From my previous experiences, I've successfully raised Sulcata's to have no pyramiding, which is basically what this will be about, as well as raising them to be life long family members. There's already tons of information about pyramiding/humidity/temperature being the the prime example to reduce the cause, it's all over the forum. This topic is solely about the way I have been/improving the way I raise my Sulcata's and the information I'm able to provide. I will update this thread on a monthly basis along with pictures and growth rates.
Lets do a recap, if you're interested go ahead and look at my previous threads for my older Sulcata I used to raise. Here's a quick summary; I bought him/her from Tyler Stewart back in November 2008, and raised it for a few short months until around September 2009, almost a year. I was able to raise it with no pyramiding based off most of the research I did here on the forums. About 95% of the time it was raised off of eating only Mazuri Tortoise Diet and didn't have an entire moisture chamber, but a small humid hide. The entire enclosure was dry substrates and constant air flow. I lightly soaked him/her occasionally and sprayed rigorously, I never took it out for natural sunlight nor did I feed it greens/grasses. You may think this is all crazy and torture, but it was still a entirely healthy and active tortoise. As you can see I attached pictures of its evolving enclosures and growth.
Focusing back to my new pair of Sulcata's, after reading multiple threads and seeing tons of pictures of tortoises becoming more smooth, I thought I'd give it another shot. I blame Tom.
But this time do everything above and beyond from what I previously raised. Yes, this means trying my absolute best to go all out, glass terrarium/moisture chamber, misting system, proper dieting, new substrates and MORE HUMIDITY! As the days continue to count down I'll be updating there sizes and weight. Please, continue to check back as information updates. This is just a quick introduction. Meet the Sulcata's! Pictures were taken with my iPhone 5.
