My 3 llittle guys

[BK-JAY]

The temp is 105 107 in the middle of the enclosure under the basking light and the CHE and 90 on the cool sides during the day. At night it drops to 80 82

 

[Dizisdalife]

I agree that a temp gun is a necessary tool. Also, you should have the CHE on a thermostat to control the ambient temp. I had two CHE's (smaller wattages than yours) controlled by thermostat and a basking light that was controlled by a timer. I used the temp gun to set the basking spot temp and to check temps in other spots around the enclosure. The temp gun was great too for checking the ground temp outside on those days that I could take my youngster outside.

Here is the one that I now use:
http://www.horizonhobby.com/products/super-cub-dsm-rtf-PXTPE1

 

[BK-JAY]

Thanks a million Im on it

 

[BK-JAY]

1 of my little guys seem to have (URI) hopefully he will fine. There all like part of the family now. I would hate to lose 1

 

[BK-JAY]

Sorry to report my 3 little guys are now 2 little guys. Hopefully these 2 grow up to be big strong tortoise

 

[Dizisdalife]

URI's are serious and can be deadly. What symptoms have you noticed?

 

[Blakem]

Which one passed away? Sorry for your loss...

 

[BK-JAY]

Yesterday I woke up and found him with bubbles around his nose and mouth

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Terry 1 of my little guys he was doing so good he was out growing the the the other 1

 

[Amber_123]

1. stop buying them.
2. humidity
3. heat
4. healthy diet
look up 2 to 4 do a lot of research on them so that you can take care of them and not be another bad pet owner that you will read about on this forum .

If she has a huge yard like u do, she'll be fine though, lol.

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1. stop buying them.
2. humidity
3. heat
4. healthy diet
look up 2 to 4 do a lot of research on them so that you can take care of them and not be another bad pet owner that you will read about on this forum .

If she has a huge yard like i do, she'll be fine though, lol.

 

[Dizisdalife]

Sorry to report my 3 little guys are now 2 little guys. Hopefully these 2 grow up to be big strong tortoise

Sorry for your loss.

 

[BK-JAY]

Which one passed away? Sorry for your loss...

Tyson 150 grams

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Which one passed away? Sorry for your loss...

Tyson 150 grams

Tah Tah 60 grams

 

[BK-JAY]

Well after losing 1 of my little guys. Im happy to say my other 2 are doing just fine

 

[mctlong]

Sorry to report my 3 little guys are now 2 little guys. Hopefully these 2 grow up to be big strong tortoise

Bummer, sorry to hear that.

 

[BK-JAY]

2 week update on my 2 guys. Tyson has gain a oz. in 2 weeks, And Tah-Tah has gain a 1/2 of oz. I also planted some radish seeds in there enclosure. As soon as they sprout they eat them up, Hopefully we just mite be adding two more to the pride. Crossing my fingers. Til the next 2 week update y'all take care them tortoise out there

 

[BK-JAY]

2 week update all is well Tyson is up to 6 oz and Tah Tah is up to 3oz. I been taking them out the enclosure and letting them run around my bedroom Tah Tah is up and down the whole time Tyson finds a corner and gets lazy

 

[BK-JAY]

2 week update all is well Tyson is up to 6 oz and Tah Tah is up to 3oz. I been taking them out the enclosure and letting them run around my bedroom Tah Tah is up and down the whole time Tyson finds a corner and gets lazy

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2 week update all is well Tyson is up to 6 oz and Tah Tah is up to 3oz. I been taking them out the enclosure and letting them run around my bedroom Tah Tah is up and down the whole time Tyson finds a corner and gets lazy

 

[EllieN]

They are so cute! Look at those disgruntled looking faces sitting up there on that scale!

 

[BK-JAY]

Going to the reptile show in PA. this weekend so hopefully we'll be adding two more to the pride if all goes well. Crossing my fingers

 

[RuthJanice]

They are very cute! Hope you have a big yard

I recently went to a reptile show were I saw and fell in love with sulcata's so without doing any research I brought 1. Only to come home and start doing research and find out he had started pyramiding already. Never the less after reading up on them and reading Tom threads. I decided to buy 2 more from hatchlings and see how smooth could I raise them. So now I have 3 lil guys. My set up is a 150 gallon aquarium 6'L X18"W X 27"H. Top soil mix with coco hust for the bedding. A 150 watt basking light and a 150 watt CHE. I mist them 3 or 4 times a day, and soak them everyday for 15-20min. Temps stay between 86-102. Humidity stay at 90%. I will try to upload pictures every 2 weeks around the 1st and 15th. And I was thinking about buying 1 more but these 3 eat so much already I can't believe it.

 

[lkwagner]

I just went to a reptile show and bought another sulcata and once I got it home after a couple days I realized it had a respiratory infection. Make sure you keep them separate for a couple weeks at least