Need help with sulcata diet!

[ButtonSulcata]

I’ve heard different things on %s of what I should feed my sulcata , and I’d like to do my best to prevent pyramiding , so if anyone knows how much fiber, calcium, ect should be in my tortoises diet I’d love the help. Thank you !

 

[Tom]

Oh boy... You've been reading all the old wrong stuff and even in your tiny avatar pic, I can see you've got some big problems to fix. I'm glad you've found us. We will get you on the right track.

First and foremost, pyramiding isn't caused by food or lack of calcium. It is caused by growth in conditions that are too dry.

Here is your red pill:

The Best Way To Raise A Sulcata, Leopard, Or Star Tortoise

I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. Babies hatch during the...

tortoiseforum.org

After you read that, come back and we can talk about how deep this rabbit hole really goes.

 

[ButtonSulcata]

Oh boy... You've been reading all the old wrong stuff and even in your tiny avatar pic, I can see you've got some big problems to fix. I'm glad you've found us. We will get you on the right track.

First and foremost, pyramiding isn't caused by food or lack of calcium. It is caused by growth in conditions that are too dry.

Here is your red pill:

The Best Way To Raise A Sulcata, Leopard, Or Star Tortoise

I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. Babies hatch during the...

tortoiseforum.org

After you read that, come back and we can talk about how deep this rabbit hole really goes.

Thank you so much, I didn’t know I was harming my tortoise in the long run by having his enclosure set up the way it is and I’m going to fix it as soon as I can!

 

[Tom]

Thank you so much, I didn’t know I was harming my tortoise in the long run by having his enclosure set up the way it is and I’m going to fix it as soon as I can!

Almost all of the info you find out in the world points you in the wrong direction. I went through this same thing 29 years ago with my very first sulcata, and things have not changed much in all that time, except for right here on this tortoise forum.

You and your tortoise are lucky you found us and decided to join!