Samperth... You may need heating jumbo 5ftX5ft for ur big mama.... hahah

yeah... what about infrared bulb?

For my jumbo I use outdoor spotlight type 80-200watt hung at various height to create a larger basking spot ( or should I say sleeping spot )

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jus to share, if u know chinese, these is a very good forum

http://www.chineseturtle.com/forum/forum.p...mdisplay&fid=48

All my outdoor enclosure ( fenced in dirt /grassed ground ) has a corner that's cemented , roofed ( keep rain out n to hang the light ) n this area is sloped so rain water will get drained out !!

Most if not all will choose to tuck-in there for the night !! Warm , cosy n dry .


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Added on February 22, 2012, 5:28 pmInstead one could always use ( piggery or chicken hatchery )
- Gas powered burner
- Electric powered heating plate to warm a large area !!

Below picture of what I suggested


But as hobbyist do we need that ? We just small scale heating a few animals at a time !!

This post has been edited by SAMPERTH: Feb 22 2012, 05:42 PM

Yes... Those are something real serious..... The problem we always run into are temperature and humidity....

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Added on February 22, 2012, 7:10 pmYes... Those are something real serious..... The problem we always run into are temperature and humidity....

This post has been edited by cameldog: Feb 22 2012, 07:10 PM

We in Malaysia don't have a huge range to deal with at most 15 oC ( 20 - 35 oC ) And this don't bother me as much !! Humidity is the worst on dry sp ( fresh WC or younger specimen especially ) !!

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I stopped using heat lighting long time ago.......

Y is the star keep follow where the sulcata go??

That star a male ? How big ? May be looking for love ?

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ya is a male...but the male star i already put with female everyday!
he not interested with his wife?@@
must i seperate both male and female for few months mayb?

whoa,both of them nice..

Separation are good in increasing fertility of eggs produced !! maybe wife too small but if same age she should be larger !

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ok lor.....is there any season for them to breed? any specific month need to put them together?

All depends as theres no fix or real big change in our tropical climate ( each year's rainy season start slightly differently ) Even East and West of our country has different " Dry " and " Wet" season !!


But the onset of heavy rain do set off breeding urge more - Indian Star is an example !!

SULCATA don't seems to have any season in Malaysia I get eggs 9 mths a year ( 8-10 clutch average )

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This post has been edited by SAMPERTH: Feb 25 2012, 05:49 AM

i wonder how much a baby sulcata will cost in malaysia? thanks

Depends RM 200 to RM 800 or more for 2 to 3+ inch specimen !!


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a shop in putatan sell rm1000++. so i wonder if that a reasonable price...

well its hard to say whether worth it onot..but RM1k is abit rip off if the size is still small like 2-3inches.. in east malaysia, it can go up to Rm500 for a 2-3incher sulcata...so,it depends on ur barganing power too. gud luck.

I think I know who's selling that or maybe who supplied it !! A shop in sandakan also tag similar price for a 4 incher !!

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i want to buy the tortoise, but im not confident. so today i got a malayan box. around 4 inches for RM15. but the shell flaking. is there any remedies for it?