Any info on a Sulcata tortoise? *I finally got him!* more pics..

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CUTE CUTE CUTE!!!
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You can soak him 10 or 15 minutes once a day ..and always stay close by when he's in the water ..just like you would with a human baby.
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Along with his collards and turnips and dandelions and so on, you can occasionally add steamed hard squashes or sweet potato ..very small portion... and edible flowers like hibiscus and viola, nasturtiums, dandelion ...but be absolutely sure they came from an organic garden... preferably your own, so you can be certain.
 
Omigosh - I found tortoise people on a chicken forum!!! How cool is THAT????

I've kept tortoises for the last 15 years - leopards, redfoots, Russians, Greeks, sulcatas, boxies, etc... Here's a link to my tortoise site if you'd like to see some pics (gotta do some updating tho): http://www.HarpoandFriends.com

Your little sulcata is beautiful - concentrate on grasses and weeds in the diet, and stay away from grocery store produce and pellets if you can help it. Give plenty of calcium and don't overdo it on the heat - the little ones dehydrate easily - but make sure to give plenty of direct sunshine as often as you can!

Good luck!

Kat
 
Hi..thanks for the info guys!...i have been feedng him "spring mix" salad mix from the supermarket,,but, i'd like to try more grassy stuff..where do i find it this time of year..i have hay for my goats...is he old enough to eat that?..i have to go to the store tomorrow and try to find some collards and turnip greens..i wish i could find dandelion greens this time of year!..i have plenty in my yard in the spring time...lol..i wont mind them being in my yard next year!...
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..its just tough now because its winter tiime... thanks, Wendy
 
You can try hay, but I can tell you that none of my guys eat it - they never did. I normally have to shred it and mix it in with greens just to get some fiber into them. Opuntia (prickly pear) cactus is also very high in fiber if you can find it (I grow about 40 pots of prickly pear in my greenhouse just to feed my tortoises). I have a friend that swears you can freeze grass, but I've never tried it.

During the winter, I feed my Greeks, leopards and sulcatas turnip, mustard, collard greens and kale, spring mix, romain, endive, opuntia cactus, hibiscus blooms, dandelion greens (I get mine at Whole Foods), Mazuri Tortoise diet, pumpkin and butternut squash. Summer time is easy - my tortoises graze in the yard all summer long and get an occasional cactus pad or hibiscus bloom as a treat. My redfoots and boxies each much of the same stuff, but only they eat a lot of fruit and some veggies as well, because its part of their natural diet.

For sulcatas, they're grazers - be sure to think "high fiber, low protien" for very SLOW, smooth shell growth. Otherwise, high protien foods cause rapid growth, which results in pyramidding of the shell, and other internal problems that are very hard to diagnose until its too late. Many vegetables are too high in protien for these tortoises (especially beans and the like). Sulcatas are not equipped to digest fruits at all - it basically ferments in their digestive tract, and opens them up to a whole host of bacterial problems and parasites.

Have you done the Sulcata Reality Check yet?

Kat
 
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Heehe!..how ya doing Jamie!..
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..and thanks, i think he is cute also!..i'm already attached to him!..he eats from my hand and everything..., Wendy
 

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