My new little guy!

[arby2774]

My little sulcata arrived today! Much smaller than I expected! I am presuming that it is male because of the longish tail, it is too hard to judge the rear scutes. So far he hasn't begun eating anything. He was only in transit overnight so I am hoping that he will recover from that stress soon.

 

[Jacob]

Congrats, Give It A Warm Soak and Get some store bought spring mix

 

[dmarcus]

Congrats on the new tortoise....

 

[arby2774]

Congrats, Give It A Warm Soak and Get some store bought spring mix

Did the soak, got the greens. I am so excited to get him!

 

[wrmitchell22]

We can't wait for pics congrats

 

[ascott]

Congrats and WE LOVE PICS!!!!!

 

[Chad Horne]

Congrats!

 

[arby2774]

Can't get pic to load! My iPod won't upload to Photobucket either. Grrrr!

 

[Jacob]

Pictures

 

[Tom]

How old is he? How much does he weigh? Good heavens, where are the pics?

 

[Sky2Mina]

Congrats! I want to see pictures too.

 

[coreyc]

Congrat's where did you get him from ??

 

[arby2774]

I got him from a herp supply online. I think he is about 17-20 weeks old, young enough that his plastron still has give to it. He has bright eyes but I haven't seen him eat or move around. I know he does move because he has gone back and fourth between the basking area and the hay pile in the "sleeping" area. The supply place said they feed their torts a "tortoise diet" pellet food and sent some along with him. Do you think maybe he doesn't yet recognize the greens as food yet?

 

[marinaresident]

Cool. Congratulations!

 

[cemmons12]

Congrat's! He should be able to recognize greens I think. My Cooper thinks almost everything is something to eat. He bumps his nose on everything to check. My wife has a throw on the bed and everytime he sees it he bumps it and tries to get a bite. He cracks me up! Have a good day!

 

[wrmitchell22]

How old is he? How much does he weigh? Good heavens, where are the pics?

LOL we are all thinking the same thing!

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You can mix the greens with the softened Tort food until he realizes it is all food He probably just needs to settle in

 

[arby2774]

Update: Tanner has definitely got that hearty sully appetite! He is eating (and eliminating) nicely and has treated himself to a couple of soaks. Roger won't self-soak but I am glad Tanner will. Gotta figure out how to post pics with my iPod...

 

[RV's mom]

welcome to the newest little one........

 

[Hauntmom]

Can't wait to see him! I love the name Tanner. (that's my husband's name) lol He sounds so cute!