Sulcata questions? is this right?!?!?!?!?!?!

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Posted by Rick on April 25, 2001 at 12:02:47:

Hi,
Its been a long while since I have posted about my 2 sulcatas, Einstine and Newton. It has officialy been 1 yr since they hatched and a week shy of when i bought them. The postal scale i have is no longer adequate to measure them but they are now over a pound. Now I know i have been doing this for a year but have made changes in how I am keeping them. I currently house them in a 40 gallon breeder tank with uva and uvb. I am planning to move them into an outdoor kitty pool for the summer and them plan on building a new enclosure for them before the next winter. I soak them once a week and feed them 1 head of escarole and 1 head of chickory a week. I also have timothy hay in their enclosure for daily munching. Does all this, future and current, sound adequate? Please let me know.

RIck
P.S. I have tortoise graze mix which i got from tcc and plan to gorw it this summer. I also have aloe vera plants and the type of cacti that you all have reccomended and they are just starting to grow big enougph for the torts.
thx again

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Re: Sulcata questions? is this right?!?!?!?!?!?! Terry 04/25/01 (4)
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: Hi, : Its been a long while since I have posted about my 2 sulcatas, Einstine and Newton. It has officialy been 1 yr since they hatched and a week shy of when i bought them. The postal scale i have is no longer adequate to measure them but they are now over a pound. Now I know i have been doing this for a year but have made changes in how I am keeping them. I currently house them in a 40 gallon breeder tank with uva and uvb. I am planning to move them into an outdoor kitty pool for the summer and them plan on building a new enclosure for them before the next winter. I soak them once a week and feed them 1 head of escarole and 1 head of chickory a week. I also have timothy hay in their enclosure for daily munching. Does all this, future and current, sound adequate? Please let me know. : RIck : P.S. I have tortoise graze mix which i got from tcc and plan to gorw it this summer. I also have aloe vera plants and the type of cacti that you all have reccomended and they are just starting to grow big enougph for the torts. : thx again

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