Hi everyone, I need your opinion about this situation,
I bought a year old sulcata last month. I named him Michelangelo (Mikhel for short). He's around 2.3 inch long and weigh 50 grams when I bought him which is relatively small if I follow the growth sheet. At first I don't worry much because every tortoise have their own progress. But then I weight him to see the progress yet I'm quite shocked that he doesn't grow. Well he gained 1gr but I don't think that counts as a growth, more like a margin error. As well as his size that I don't think there's any progress as it's still under 2.4 inch.
I wonder if it still considered normal for a year old sulcata to barely (if not) growing? Or did I judge it too quick? He eats a lot, around 5 times a day. But I do notice that he poops quite often, could be twice or even 3 times a day. His poop texture looks normal to me. He pees regularly and urates came once in awhile.
I have UVB lamp for him as well as cream for his shell. Use coconut coir as his bedding, and manually spray some water on the bedding as often as I could to keep it humid. Is there anything that I did wrong that I need to change or improve?
I hope anybody can enlighten me about this issue. Thanks a lot!
I bought a year old sulcata last month. I named him Michelangelo (Mikhel for short). He's around 2.3 inch long and weigh 50 grams when I bought him which is relatively small if I follow the growth sheet. At first I don't worry much because every tortoise have their own progress. But then I weight him to see the progress yet I'm quite shocked that he doesn't grow. Well he gained 1gr but I don't think that counts as a growth, more like a margin error. As well as his size that I don't think there's any progress as it's still under 2.4 inch.
I wonder if it still considered normal for a year old sulcata to barely (if not) growing? Or did I judge it too quick? He eats a lot, around 5 times a day. But I do notice that he poops quite often, could be twice or even 3 times a day. His poop texture looks normal to me. He pees regularly and urates came once in awhile.
I have UVB lamp for him as well as cream for his shell. Use coconut coir as his bedding, and manually spray some water on the bedding as often as I could to keep it humid. Is there anything that I did wrong that I need to change or improve?
I hope anybody can enlighten me about this issue. Thanks a lot!