My sulcatas are doing great

[Cowboy_Ken]

I've got three Sulcatas and 6 Russians.
This should cancel out 9 help my tort is sick posts.

 

[CourtneyAndCarl]

Haha, I like that you posted this in "debatable topics" as if it could be debatable that your sulcatas are doing great.... Well, I argue that your sulcatas are doing terrible, so there

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

I wanted to counter all the sick tort posts we get so we can get a clearer picture. I got this from the posting below, “to breed or not to breed".

 

[Tom]

Thanks for the good news Ken.

 

[Yvonne G]

I have a sulcata that I've had for about 15 years. He's doing great! Sorry, but I don't have any baby sulcatas to make this a more real comparison.

 

[Dizisdalife]

This is good news, Ken. I have a 2 1/2 year old sulcata that is doing good also. In the 2 years that I have kept him I have gone from dropping a few bits of food in his enclosure, hoping he would eat it, to sitting next to him in his outdoor pen while he devours 1/2 pound of chow. Today was Mazuri day. He had 1 1/2 oz of Mazuri, a small cactus pad, 4 oz of timothy grass, some plantain and dandelion, and then polished off the last of his mulberry leaves. Once finished he marched back in his night box to end his day.

 

[Yellow Turtle]

I don't own a sulcata and probably will never will so I can't share anything great about sulcata. But I like this thread, because I believe people need to share more of what have been done to their torts to make them growing great.

 

[Maggie Cummings]

I've got three Sulcatas and 6 Russians.
This should cancel out 9 help my tort is sick posts.

That's great Ken. One of these days we'll have to get together and meet each others animals...
Bob is adjusting to the weather just fine. All my animals are doing well...

 

[LunaLupus]

I too have a sulcata that is doing great! He's slowly but surely gaining weight.

 

[bobbymoore]

I now have 5 sulcatas they are doing great with the proper care!

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

Still doing great and growing smooth and strong.

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What? No picture? Here it is. As well as my pancake.







You know you're doing somethings right when you have to keep enlarging the humid hide entrance.

 

[Dizisdalife]

Beautiful sulcata. I had that same problem with the himid hide opening.

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

The baby, Tom should be proud to say, is one of his '12 hatchlings.

 

[KingInCulver]

Great thread. My sully is doing well, I just upgraded his hide but not too big because them he won't go in there.

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

@KingofCulver
I prefer a humid hide for my little guy. Sphagnum moss kept moist. He heads in 45-60 minutes before lights out. And it has the added bonus of peace of mind he is staying well hydrated during that time. : )

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And I'm glad he's doing well also. This helps the balance.

 

[KingInCulver]

Thanks for the comment cowboy, his whole enclosure actually keeps an ambient humidity of 80-90% so it is humid in there too, I have sensors on each end. But I am making plans for his outdoor one when he gets bigger and have the moss at the ready! I am curious tho- do you find that it molds or smells?

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Only because I've never used it before. How do you think it would fare when I move him outdoors for longer periods?

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

I've had no problems with mold at all. Most peat moss is sphagnum moss decomposed. Slightly acidic, it is some what mold repellent. Outdoors it will naturally dry faster simply due to the uncontrolled environment. I would bury it for the most part outdoors. With my older/ bigger sucatas, I just use a couple 3' 12x12's with a chunk of plywood over them to make a shade between/under. They use it and still receive some reflective UV. I'm in Oregon, so I need to take advantage of all the natural uv I can get. My shade may end up being too hot for the southern states. Also when I water the outdoor pen, I really hose done the area under the hide.

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My enclosure is also a fully enclosed one with higher humidity. So I guess the hide is a humid enclosure squared. (2)