My tortoise family (Sulcata, Leopard, Indian star)

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TortBrain

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Nice collection :D
Love ur 1.5yo ST.
Are they house together?
 

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Squirtle Time said:
They are all so beautiful. Have you ever had a sulcata and leopard before?

Huh? As per TS's title. That's what TS has in his/her collection.
My tortoise family (Sulcata, Leopard, Indian star)
 

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Nice looking tort's but I hope you have separate enclosures for them you should not have the three spices in the same enclosure not a good idea
 

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Hi relaxkuma123:

Welcome to the forum!!

May we know your name and where you are?

You say in your initial post that you got the four new tortoises so that your star tortoise can have friends. This is not necessary. Tortoises don't need friends. They like to be alone. Also, putting different species of tortoise together might make them sick and even die.
 

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Welcome to TFO!

Looks like they are housed together. Your living on the edge If they are...but nice looking tortoises.
 

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Welcome to the forum and they do all look good, but you should listen to Yvonne about housing the different species in the same enclosure.
 

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You have some really nice tortoises there. They really do need to be housed separately. You are sitting on a ticking time bomb there. That looks like corn cob bedding too. It has caused many impactions and small tortoise deaths. I'm not trying to harp on you , its just that we all really love tortoises here and when we see a potential problem we all want to help.
 

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Very nice for now.. but be prepared to Soon need a much large enclosure for the sulcata. I hope you have a big yard.
and they really do need to be in three seperate homes..
 

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Thank you very much for all of your advices.
I will follow your instructions to separate them.

My name is Ekkapat.
I live in Thailand in South East Asia
(maybe all of you live in United state?)

Anyway, as Tom commented corn cob bedding has caused baby torts deaths,
could you recommend me the best bedding for my baby torts?
I'll follow all of your instructions.

Thank you so much again.
 

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Hi Ekkapat:

Its hard for us to know what kind of bedding you have available to you in Thailand. If you can find any hardwood mulch or bark, that would be good. If you have an area outside where you haven't sprayed any chemicals, you can dig up some good, clean dirt and use that.

Are your tortoises able to live outside? That's the best place for them.
 

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emysemys said:
Hi Ekkapat:

Its hard for us to know what kind of bedding you have available to you in Thailand. If you can find any hardwood mulch or bark, that would be good. If you have an area outside where you haven't sprayed any chemicals, you can dig up some good, clean dirt and use that.

Are your tortoises able to live outside? That's the best place for them.

Thank you for your quick answer!
Actually I have no idea about hardwood mulch or bark.
Could you show me some photos of them?
I'll try to search for it.

Currently outside enclosure is too big job for me.
But I planned to make outside enclosure for them after a couple of year when my they grown up.


FernandoM said:
There are a bunch. My favorite is Cypress Mulch.

Thank you for your answer.
Could you show me photo of "a bunch or cypress mulch"?
I have no idea about them.
And I'm not sure that is available in Thailand or not.
After get your photos, I'll try to look for them.
 

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Hello Ekkapat. Good luck finding the right substrate. Here is how I like to raise babies: http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-How-To-Raise-Sulcata-Hatchlings-and-Babies#axzz1JwJC4Fa9 You can use this as a general guideline, but you'll have to make adjustments for your climate and your personal situation.

All of yours are very young, but there is no way for us to know exactly what age they are as all of them grow at very different rates.

And finally: Tortoises NEED sunshine. Direct, unfiltered sunshine, NOT through a window. They need it from the time they hatch. Two years from now is much too late. It can be really simple, cheap and easy to build a sunning enclosure for babies. There are loads of good examples in the enclosure section here on the forum. Here's a thread I did on the subject: http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Cheap-Easy-Simple-Sunning-Enclosure#axzz1JwJC4Fa9
 
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