New sulcata owner

[Dabender93]

Im using a 36 by 24 tank with a 80w powersun by zoo med(12in from tank). im also using echo earth coconut fiber soil that was brick compacted. Any tips or improvements. Im new to owning a sulcata tortoise and want the best for leonardo(the baby tortoise)

 

[Golden Greek Tortoise 567]

Im using a 36 by 24 tank with a 80w powersun by zoo med(12in from tank). im also using echo earth coconut fiber soil that was brick compacted. Any tips or improvements. Im new to owning a sulcata tortoise and want the best for leonardo(the baby tortoise)

Welcome! First of all, that water bowl is dangerous. Tortoises can flip over and drown, replace it with a terra cotta saucer. The power sun bulb will cause pyramiding get rid of it and replace it with a T5 fluorescent tube for UVB, a CHE for heat, and a incandescent flood bulb for basking. Please read this care sheet it will explain all of your questions...

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...

www.tortoiseforum.org

 

[Dabender93]

Welcome! First of all, that water bowl is dangerous. Tortoises can flip over and drown, replace it with a terra cotta saucer. The power sun bulb will cause pyramiding get rid of it and replace it with a T5 fluorescent tube for UVB, a CHE for heat, and a incandescent flood bulb for basking. Please read this care sheet it will explain all of your questions...

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...

www.tortoiseforum.org

Even if the bowl isnt filled all the way? It has a ramp

 

[Golden Greek Tortoise 567]

Even if the bowl isnt filled all the way? It has a ramp

The ramp is the problem. When the tortoise slides down it they flip over and can drown, overheat, or die from the pressure on their lungs. I had one and my tortoise almost died, please don’t make the same mistake.

 

[Dabender93]

No thank you for the info i feel like a new dad so I want what best for him. I fear so much. Oh i also should mention I live in AZ and my house az is at 75 lowest(currently 78) till i replace that light bulb for the one and get another another hang lamp. I use a thermal gun( aim the dot a few place some times his shell when i see him lang still for long) im gets 92 hights on his shell when he is under lamp on the rock(prettified wood)

 

[Dabender93]

The ramp is the problem. When the tortoise slides down it they flip over and can drown, overheat, or die from the pressure on their lungs. I had one and my tortoise almost died, please don’t make the same mistake.

Can he use it if he is older?

 

[Golden Greek Tortoise 567]

Can he use it if he is older?

No, my tort flipped over as an adult.

 

[KarenSoCal]

The water bowl has vertical, high sides. To try to reach the water, or to get out of the bowl, the baby stands on his back legs. But he doesn't bend in the middle, so has to see-saw to try to get in. If his feet slide while he is standing, he easily lands upside down. In the water or out of it, upside down can be deadly.

I hope this helps you understand why we say no to those.

 

[Dabender93]

The water bowl has vertical, high sides. To try to reach the water, or to get out of the bowl, the baby stands on his back legs. But he doesn't bend in the middle, so has to see-saw to try to get in. If his feet slide while he is standing, he easily lands upside down. In the water or out of it, upside down can be deadly.

I hope this helps you understand why we say no to those.

Just got this whole out

 

[KarenSoCal]

Yes. Now push it down into the substrate so the lip of the saucer is even with the substrate.

Easy to enter and exit and safe!