Just a thought

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Posted by andrew on December 04, 1998 at 10:07:57:

In Reply to: Re: NewSulcata posted by Jim on December 04, 1998 at 08:07:08:

Sulcata are unlike most airid torts, they have proven to be very adaptible in humid areas. Many people in Florida keep and breed sulcata, I live in Houston and have kept sulcata outdoors for eight years. My question is if all you yankees know what you are getting into? I have kept tortoises snakes and lizards since I was a child and although my life would be incomplete w/o them they are a lot of work. My fifty pound sulcata eats, poops and pees a LOT, although my she lives out all year long I have to clean up the yard daily. As adaptable as sulcata are I dont see how the keeper or the kept could be happy up north when the little guys get large.

: : My wife and I are about to accuire a 10 inch sulcata whom will have to reside indoors for now because its a cold winter in boston.The room she'll be in is 4x6,I plan on heat and vitalites ,but I cant decide on which heat pad or pig blanket is best.I also havent found many pig blanket suppliers,just BUSH supplies.What about the fiberglass heat mats, are they any good? The mat should probably radiate heat UP, to protect the floor, and I would guess be thermostatically controlled.Please help,I need it soon, the best suppliers to shop would also be quite appreciated.

: Since the Boston area gets quite humid in the warmer months and you indicated the tortoise will be outside when it gets warmer I would think the Tortise is being sentenced to a death sentence. I also live in a fairly humid area (eastern NJ) and decided to keep only torts that thrive under high humidy (Yellowfoot and Redfoot). Does anyone else out there keep airid loving torts outside in humid climates??

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: Sulcata are unlike most airid torts, they have proven to be very adaptible in humid areas. Many people in Florida keep and breed sulcata, I live in Houston and have kept sulcata outdoors for eight years. My question is if all you yankees know what you are getting into? I have kept tortoises snakes and lizards since I was a child and although my life would be incomplete w/o them they are a lot of work. My fifty pound sulcata eats, poops and pees a LOT, although my she lives out all year long I have to clean up the yard daily. As adaptable as sulcata are I dont see how the keeper or the kept could be happy up north when the little guys get large. : : : My wife and I are about to accuire a 10 inch sulcata whom will have to reside indoors for now because its a cold winter in boston.The room she'll be in is 4x6,I plan on heat and vitalites ,but I cant decide on which heat pad or pig blanket is best.I also havent found many pig blanket suppliers,just BUSH supplies.What about the fiberglass heat mats, are they any good? The mat should probably radiate heat UP, to protect the floor, and I would guess be thermostatically controlled.Please help,I need it soon, the best suppliers to shop would also be quite appreciated. : : Since the Boston area gets quite humid in the warmer months and you indicated the tortoise will be outside when it gets warmer I would think the Tortise is being sentenced to a death sentence. I also live in a fairly humid area (eastern NJ) and decided to keep only torts that thrive under high humidy (Yellowfoot and Redfoot). Does anyone else out there keep airid loving torts outside in humid climates??

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