Can anyone help me on this ?

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Dear all,

I would like to share some tips with you all.
Initially i thought that sulcata like to dig hole as bed to sleep, but now i found out something.
The sulcata dig hole is to avoid light whiel sleeping.

This prove because itoday i put a shelter into my sulcata house, it craw into the shelter to sleep. I tried to switch the location of shelter, same result.

so, for tortoise lovers, please put a shelter for your tortoise if you on the lights for long time in a day.

Please advice if better idea on taking care tortoise.

Thank you.

Maybe Sulcata love shelter..
but my stars love to sleep under the basking light... i put a shelter for my stars but they chose the basking area to sleep

Normally what i'd do is i leave my sulcata out on a balcony to sunbathe, drink, eat from morning till evening, when i get home, i just leave it back into it's tank inside so it can keep warm.

My adult star just leave her outside with a wooden shelter

Normally what i'd do is i leave my sulcata out on a balcony to sunbathe, drink, eat from morning till evening, when i get home, i just leave it back into it's tank inside so it can keep warm.

My adult star just leave her outside with a wooden shelter

Normally what i'd do is i leave my sulcata out on a balcony to sunbathe, drink, eat from morning till evening, when i get home, i just leave it back into it's tank inside so it can keep warm.

My adult star just leave her outside with a wooden shelter

you feed water to your sulcata? i thought we shouldn'y feed water to sulcata. Is it???

Ofcourse you should, everything animal or plant would die if it doesn't have atleast a teeny bit of moisture

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Added on November 2, 2009, 10:42 pm
so, do you mean you will leave your adult star outside all the time?
what if night rain?, will the star feel cold although dry?

Second, is it mean that when the sulcata big enough, we can place it outside?
i'm quite confuse.
Cause now i have to light bulb, 1 is normal light to keep the tank hot, another is UVB 10.0 light. i on the light alternatively every half day.
Are the way i did correct or wrong?
please advice...
Thanks...

My adult star can stand the night rain and cold, she just gets all her heat back in the morning  , Sulcata's are the 3rd largest species of tortoises in the world.. so.. ofcourse you can leave them outside when their adults, even my sulcata is walking around in the morning and afternoons nowadays

can u take photo of ur sulcata on how u feed her becoz sunbathe drink etc. i wan an example only.. thanks

wat kind of turtle u r searching for? XD

Friend,
i starve my sulcata for 1 day and feed it with timothy hay only, but it still do not eat.
wonder why...scratching head...
any better suggestion?

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Added on November 2, 2009, 10:48 pm

You can refer to the last few pages, i have some pics there

Hie billyer,

All my torts are feeding on Timothy Hays before I opt for Orchard Grass (the stem is softer). I'll cut the hays into small pieces, then pour water on them so the hays are wet. For the first try, you should mix in something that they like to eat into the hays, eg. green mustard(sawi), tortoise pellets, mushroom, fruits or calcium powder.

Hope this helps.

Currently Setup for my Babies AST. Feel Free to give some Comments. Thanks all bro.

Wow.. budblely... nice ASTs
What are you feeding them? Feeder fish? Pellets?
Any water filter inside it? The water will easily gets oily and dirty if you are feeding them feeder fish.

WAH!!! Nice home for your AST man.
If my Sulcata saw your attachment, sure it will jealous.
Haha...
Think i should ad some medium size of stone into my aquarium.

I think i should take more photo of my sulcata and post it here to share with yours.

hehehe thanks bro...i tot the picture link not working probably..that why i keep edit my post..hahaha

Billyer, do post the photos. I would like to get a pair of sulcata too, but not anytime soon, since now I've star, cherry and impressa. Taking photos for sulcata from time to time is helpful if u wanna track their growth rate. I read that sulcata grows very fast.

Hie billyer,

All my torts are feeding on Timothy Hays before I opt for Orchard Grass (the stem is softer). I'll cut the hays into small pieces, then pour water on them so the hays are wet. For the first try, you should mix in something that they like to eat into the hays, eg. green mustard(sawi), tortoise pellets, mushroom, fruits or calcium powder.

Hope this helps.