New Sulcata Tortoise introducing myself!

[derek3men]

Hello all! Derek here. So I recently inherited a baby Sulcata tortoise from my friend. He said he no longer wanted it and I gladly took him off his hands. He gave me their glass tank and a bag of spring mix and he said that's all it needs, but Ive been doing a lot reading and I think that's incorrect. However I'm glad I found this site and wanted to introduce myself and the little guy. This is Booger! Any tips or links or anything to help a first time tortoise owner is much appreciated 😁.

 

[SinLA]

Definitely start here:

Info For New People. Please Read This First.

Hello and welcome to tortoiseforum.org! We are all glad you are here! There is no other forum like this anywhere. We have tens of thousands of members from all over the world ranging from kids with their first tortoise to people who have been breeding and keeping high end tortoises since the...

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[TechnoCheese]

Welcome to the forum! Be sure to also read this if you haven't already

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...

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[TammyJ]

Welcome to the forum.

 

[Tom]

Hello all! Derek here. So I recently inherited a baby Sulcata tortoise from my friend. He said he no longer wanted it and I gladly took him off his hands. He gave me their glass tank and a bag of spring mix and he said that's all it needs, but Ive been doing a lot reading and I think that's incorrect. However I'm glad I found this site and wanted to introduce myself and the little guy. This is Booger! Any tips or links or anything to help a first time tortoise owner is much appreciated 😁.

Hello and welcome!

Looks like you have the wrong type of fixture and the wrong bulbs. Also, be careful that the paper touching your heat lamp doesn't start a fire.

Everything is explained in the thread that has been linked for you, and there is a care sheet, plus a heating/lighting breakdown near the bottom of that thread. Questions and conversation are welcome.

 

[wellington]

In case you haven't figured it out yet, your friend was no friend to the poor sulcata.
Please read all the threads linked for you and make changes ASAP before it's too late for the little guy.

 

[derek3men]

Definitely start here:

Info For New People. Please Read This First.

Hello and welcome to tortoiseforum.org! We are all glad you are here! There is no other forum like this anywhere. We have tens of thousands of members from all over the world ranging from kids with their first tortoise to people who have been breeding and keeping high end tortoises since the...

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Thank you so much! Checking it out

 

[derek3men]

Hello and welcome!

Looks like you have the wrong type of fixture and the wrong bulbs. Also, be careful that the paper touching your heat lamp doesn't start a fire.

Everything is explained in the thread that has been linked for you, and there is a care sheet, plus a heating/lighting breakdown near the bottom of that thread. Questions and conversation are welcome.

Thank you for pointing this out! Really trying to do right by the little one.

 

[derek3men]

In case you haven't figured it out yet, your friend was no friend to the poor sulcata.
Please read all the threads linked for you and make changes ASAP before it's too late for the little guy.

Yeah they weren't prepared at all. Hopefully I can do better