During this time no attempt should be made to provide food or drink.
Baby sulcata tortoise care sheet.
Tortoises love to roam.
Because of this i soak baby sulcata tortoises in shallow warm water up to three times a week for 10 to 15 minutes whether they re housed outdoors or indoors.
Caring for a baby sulcata tortoise 2 4 16 page 3 neonate neonates require special care.
Feed a mixture of dark leafy greens and offer grasses and grass hay.
For baby sulcatas plan on buying the larges sterlite to or enclosure that you can but plan on it only lasting a year or less.
When the neonate s egg sac is still exposed the tort is still receiving nourishment from the egg sac.
Baby and juvenile sulcata tortoises tend to dry out much quicker than larger more established tortoises.
At least 75 of their diet should be given as grasses and hays along with some edible weeds and flowers.
One baby sulcata needs about a 4 foot by 18 inch enclosure.
For adults kept indoors basically all inside enclosures will be too small on their own.
Our biolgist has provided a detailed sulcata tortoise care guide that will cover the following topics.
A good sized habitat for a sulcata hatchling is 2 foot by 2 foot.
Baby tortoise care baby sulcata tortoise diet.
The bigger the better.
Commercial pelleted grass diets zoomed grassland tortoise diet can be soaked in water and also fed.
Keep in mind with babies especially high humidity and low air movement is going to be key to raising them properly.
Baby and juvenile sulcata tortoises tend to dry out much quicker than larger more established tortoises.
If using a glass enclosure during its first few years make it as big as possible.
They will out grow this usually by the time they are a year old.
For larger sulcatas plan on making a safe outdoor enclosure or tortoise proofing your yard.
Sulcata tortoise care sheet.
Grasses and grass hay are the best diet for the tortoises.
Before purchasing your new pet sulcata tortoise for sale please make sure you find an experienced captive bred sulcata tortoise breeder and do your homework researching proper african spurred tortoise care.
Sulcata tortoise hatchling s may be raised something small with limited air movement like a sweater box.
African spurred tortoises are herbivorous grazing tortoises and need a high fiber low protein diet.
Small amounts of other leafy green vegetables are okay but avoid foods high in oxalates.
Because of this i soak baby sulcata tortoises in shallow warm water up to three times a week for 10 to 15 minutes whether they re housed outdoors or indoors.
They should never be sold when they are still in this stage.