TylerPutney
New Member
Hey y’all,
My name is Tyler, and I am a fairly avid reptile keeper, but a first time Sulcata owner. I have had my current Sulcata (Bruce) for just under a year. I got him in October of 2020, when he was 4 months old.
I know all Sulcatas grow differently, but Bruce and his lack of growth is starting to give me a bit of anxiety and concern. Bruce currently weighs 72.6 grams, which is a long way off from the normal 800-1000 gram range I see for other Sulcatas in his age range. I give him regular soaks (2 times a week), and his humidity is always within 50/60 percent.
He is kept in an indoor enclosure but I do provide both UVA and UVB, his basking spot is always kept above 87 degrees, and I have a warm and cool side.
Bruce absolutely destests eating grasses. I feel like this is probably the root of my issue, but I am running out of ideas. I have soaked the grasses (Timothy Hay) to try and moisten them and attract him, and I have even tried mixing them in with his other foods (usually romaine lettuce). He has the same view with Mazuri pellets. Despite this, I still constantly add them in his foods but they rarely if ever get touched. The only stuff Bruce will actively eat is the lettuce. I have even tried placing ONLY grasses and Mazuri pellets hoping he’d get hungry enough to munch on them. 4 full days went buy and he hardly had a nibble. I put lettuce back in at that point because I obviously didn’t want him to starve.
I am just genuinely really concerned for my lil buddy and am extremely appreciative of any help that can be offered. Thank you all so much.
My name is Tyler, and I am a fairly avid reptile keeper, but a first time Sulcata owner. I have had my current Sulcata (Bruce) for just under a year. I got him in October of 2020, when he was 4 months old.
I know all Sulcatas grow differently, but Bruce and his lack of growth is starting to give me a bit of anxiety and concern. Bruce currently weighs 72.6 grams, which is a long way off from the normal 800-1000 gram range I see for other Sulcatas in his age range. I give him regular soaks (2 times a week), and his humidity is always within 50/60 percent.
He is kept in an indoor enclosure but I do provide both UVA and UVB, his basking spot is always kept above 87 degrees, and I have a warm and cool side.
Bruce absolutely destests eating grasses. I feel like this is probably the root of my issue, but I am running out of ideas. I have soaked the grasses (Timothy Hay) to try and moisten them and attract him, and I have even tried mixing them in with his other foods (usually romaine lettuce). He has the same view with Mazuri pellets. Despite this, I still constantly add them in his foods but they rarely if ever get touched. The only stuff Bruce will actively eat is the lettuce. I have even tried placing ONLY grasses and Mazuri pellets hoping he’d get hungry enough to munch on them. 4 full days went buy and he hardly had a nibble. I put lettuce back in at that point because I obviously didn’t want him to starve.
I am just genuinely really concerned for my lil buddy and am extremely appreciative of any help that can be offered. Thank you all so much.