In other words, BE WARNED and think about this. . .

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Posted by Esther on March 29, 2001 at 15:00:38:

In Reply to: Sure! They can easily be flushed down the toilet when they're too big. not posted by Niki on March 29, 2001 at 13:54:56:

Um, yes, Sulcatas are wonderful and loving at any age and full of personality. They are capable of getting into all kinds of trouble. It is just that when they are babies, they are so irrisestibly adorable, that it is easy to overlook their rapid ascent into gargantuan status.

I mean, would I have reconsidered on Chanel if when I was holding him at 3", someone told me that in just 4 years he would produce more poop than a full grown german shepard? That he can push chairs around the house and knock down any barricade? That some day soon he will weigh 50 pounds, and still be half his expected weight? That when he is 100 pounds, I will be too old and too frail to lift him? That he will outlive me, and need a sizable trust fund to keep him in good care and timothy hay after I am dead?

No, I wouldn't have listened to them, probably not even today. I will love these babies always, and have made many lifestyle changes on their behalf. However, I am luckily able to set my life up around owning a sulcata. I was able to handle the emergency vet bill of yesterday, which was in four digits and could make one swoon. I tirelessly clean up gargantuan poop. I pay muchos dineros to pet sitters to ensure that they will take equally good care of my little littles. But a sulcata is a rest-of-your-life decision, and it is almost unfair to get them and only hold on to them for the cute years and then try to rehome them when they are of inconvenient size. There are many good rehoming organizations that Marissa can tell you about, but she will be the first to let you know that more and more Sulcatas need rehoming because people just don't know what they are getting into when they first buy them. Please consider this heavily before falling in love.

My advice: get a greek. My sister got one after she fell in love with Chanel and Angel Baby but when she saw how fast and big they grew, she WISELY knew that her lifestyle wouldn't be condusive to owning a Sulcata for the rest of her life. She loves her little greek tuti, and it won't get nearly as big as a Sulcata.

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: Um, yes, Sulcatas are wonderful and loving at any age and full of personality. They are capable of getting into all kinds of trouble. It is just that when they are babies, they are so irrisestibly adorable, that it is easy to overlook their rapid ascent into gargantuan status. : I mean, would I have reconsidered on Chanel if when I was holding him at 3", someone told me that in just 4 years he would produce more poop than a full grown german shepard? That he can push chairs around the house and knock down any barricade? That some day soon he will weigh 50 pounds, and still be half his expected weight? That when he is 100 pounds, I will be too old and too frail to lift him? That he will outlive me, and need a sizable trust fund to keep him in good care and timothy hay after I am dead? : No, I wouldn't have listened to them, probably not even today. I will love these babies always, and have made many lifestyle changes on their behalf. However, I am luckily able to set my life up around owning a sulcata. I was able to handle the emergency vet bill of yesterday, which was in four digits and could make one swoon. I tirelessly clean up gargantuan poop. I pay muchos dineros to pet sitters to ensure that they will take equally good care of my little littles. But a sulcata is a rest-of-your-life decision, and it is almost unfair to get them and only hold on to them for the cute years and then try to rehome them when they are of inconvenient size. There are many good rehoming organizations that Marissa can tell you about, but she will be the first to let you know that more and more Sulcatas need rehoming because people just don't know what they are getting into when they first buy them. Please consider this heavily before falling in love. : My advice: get a greek. My sister got one after she fell in love with Chanel and Angel Baby but when she saw how fast and big they grew, she WISELY knew that her lifestyle wouldn't be condusive to owning a Sulcata for the rest of her life. She loves her little greek tuti, and it won't get nearly as big as a Sulcata.

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