Baby Sulcata Tortoise Bedding

Coconut coir cypress mulch orchard bark and top soil are the best sulcata tortoise substrates.

Baby sulcata tortoise bedding.

Caring for a baby sulcata tortoise 2 4 16 page 2 but not so many of them give comprehensive info on the caring for baby tortoises. For that reason the zoo med aspen snake bed click here to check for product prices and availability may be a good choice for baby sulcatas that are a few months to a few years old. All tortoises guaranteed over 30 years experience from a fully licenced breeder. The best and worst bedding substrates for baby juvenile tortoises.

If you dig up natural substrate from your yard make sure to only use material that is from a pesticide free and herbicide free area. Cedar mulch or pine shavings both have toxic oils that can harm your tortoise hay although you want your tortoise to eat hay it can mold easily in a high humidity environment. Sulcata are the largest tortoises in africa and third largest in the world. The best thing that you can use as a substrate bedding for your sulcata tortoise is a combination of soil with sand.

The soil is perfect for digging and it provides a lot of thermal benefits. Aspen shavings aspen is not toxic to tortoises but it is a very dry bedding not conducive for the high humidity that baby sulcata tortoises need. The full grown sulcata can measure up to 36 and weigh 100 200 pounds. The best substrate bedding for a sulcata tortoise.

In keeping a tortoise. That s why they prefer warmer drier environments. Some of the care sheets and also some of the books written on the care of baby sulcatas are based on the mistaken and deadly premise that the sulcata is a desert dwelling animal. Zoo med aspen snake bedding.

Sulcata tortoises live in the grasslands of africa. And combining it with sand will let you adjust the amount of humidity that it will retain. Sulcata tortoises are native to north central africa. All categories tortoises complete setups tortoises for sale tortoise tables outdoor housing bedding substrates food supplements heating lighting accessories gifts other pet products special offers.

Newly hatched tortoises typically measure 1 2 in length but can weigh 50 pounds at 5 years old. This drier material retains just the right amount of moisture to provide enough humidity without being too wet. Unless you subscribe to a fairly radical approach to caring for hatchling and juvenile tortoises then you ll probably agree that keeping them indoors in a properly set up tortoise table or vivarium is essential permanently for at.