these two little guys were dropped off at our doorstep (we run a reptile rescue / sanctuary and have all sorts dropped off to us) we plan to keep them here we have around 3 acres and will setup a proper outdoor pen for them once they are the proper size. we are new to taking care of sulcatas as babies though. we did have a much older female who was dropped off in horrid shape and we worked with her and had her for 2 years before she passed. she lived a happy life during her time.
i have been reading all the threads here on proper care for babies and i know at least the one def has some pyramiding but im wondering how bad it is and can we stop / prevent it at this stage?? we have them on a mix of coco and cypress with some orchid bark and spagnum moss mixed in. when we first saw them they were literally caked with poop on their legs and undersides. it was so dried on in some spots it took us some time of soaking to get it loosened up. one still has a spot where a patch of it was. they are still not perfect but we are working slowly to get them perfectly clean.we are unsure of age (any thoughts?) and how they were cared for prior to seeing them for the first time. one is very outgoing and loves to wander and the other is much more shy. we finally have seen both eating (took a few weeks) and hope we can get them going perfect, our vet we work with did check them out and we do all in house fecals and basic bloodwork and they have no parasites we can find. anyway some pics first four are the larger one (3") then the rest are the smaller one (2.7"). the second one has a whiteish spot on its carapace there was a spot of dried poop stuck fast there that we got off there.
i have been reading all the threads here on proper care for babies and i know at least the one def has some pyramiding but im wondering how bad it is and can we stop / prevent it at this stage?? we have them on a mix of coco and cypress with some orchid bark and spagnum moss mixed in. when we first saw them they were literally caked with poop on their legs and undersides. it was so dried on in some spots it took us some time of soaking to get it loosened up. one still has a spot where a patch of it was. they are still not perfect but we are working slowly to get them perfectly clean.we are unsure of age (any thoughts?) and how they were cared for prior to seeing them for the first time. one is very outgoing and loves to wander and the other is much more shy. we finally have seen both eating (took a few weeks) and hope we can get them going perfect, our vet we work with did check them out and we do all in house fecals and basic bloodwork and they have no parasites we can find. anyway some pics first four are the larger one (3") then the rest are the smaller one (2.7"). the second one has a whiteish spot on its carapace there was a spot of dried poop stuck fast there that we got off there.