New tortoise parents!! Just still trying to get the hang of it all!

[Totosdad]

Hey everyone! Just bought a baby sulcata about 6 months ago! His names Toto! Just joined on here to give him his best life possible and read up on as much as I can! Hope to see you guys around!

-Tanner

 

[wellington]

Hello and Welcome.
Please read the caresheet on this forum and the closed chamber thread. Your tort has so pyramiding starting which says he's been started too dry and needs a closed chamber high humidity enclosure asap to get it to stop.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Hello and welcome to the forum from South Florida

 

[Karen(pebbles)]

welcome to the forum

 

[Maro2Bear]

Welcome!

 

[Tom]

Hey everyone! Just bought a baby sulcata about 6 months ago! His names Toto! Just joined on here to give him his best life possible and read up on as much as I can! Hope to see you guys around!

-Tanner

Hello and welcome. Your baby is pyramiding heavily and has been housed far too dry. This damage is permanent, and you need to takes steps to correct the problem ASAP before it gets any worse.

Unfortunately, almost every source of tortoise care info is wrong. Vets, breeders, "experts", pet shops, the internet, FB, YT, etc... All of these sources are getting their info from the same old wrong sources. You have now found the only place I know of giving the correct care advice. Read through this a couple of times, and then come back with all 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...

tortoiseforum.org

 

[Maddoggy]

Hello , Welcome tortoise Dad. Stay tuned in Sulcatas grow fast and can be a handful.

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi Tanner, and welcome to the Forum!

For some reason, your photo has just grabbed my heart! I LOVE that photo.

 

[Levi the Leopard]

Hello Toto. Welcome to TFO. You have quite the adventure ahead of you shelled buddies are the best!