Great video. Thank you for all your information. I look forward to your videos. I am A 74 year grandmother who really loves learning about all your reptiles.
I love that you mentioned how they live and eat in the wild, because most don't talk about that. How they live in the wild has to be key to pyramiding prevention.
I have two Sulcata's! Also! Make sure you supplement their food with adding Calcium powder, sprinkled on the food 3-4 times a week! This definitely helps prevent pyramiding!
Thank you so much for making this video. I’ve been doing lots of research on sulcatas and this has been the realest most useful video I have come across
🐢🐢thank you!! I have a Sulcata, one question I don’t regularly soak once a week, he drinks water though, and he lives out side, he has slight pyramid it’s been a journey with the research of my rescue.. to this tortoise 🐢, so many people give different advice on on what to feed what they should eat, and I am with you because I have a 50 pound healthy tortoise kind of common sense. If you do the research on where they live can you know what to feed them
good that i found your channel. I have had 2 sulcatas that are about 5 months old for 2 weeks. I feed daily mulberry leaves, hibiscus, water spinach and rarely salad from the supermarket. they get crushed eggshell and sepia sprinkled over their food twice a week. they always have hay and alfalfa in their outdoor enclosure on the terrace. during the day when the sun is shining i put them in the garden area, they get a bath beforehand. here in thailand the temperatures are always 32 degrees celsius = 90 Fh on average with high humidity.
Great video! I have an almost four year old Leopard Tortoise, so pretty much the same care as a Sulcata. It's sad that a lot of people get these guys and end up not knowing how to care for them, so then they end up with lots of pyramiding. I'm sure your video educated a lot of new tortoise owners!! 🐢 😊
Love seeing your cute face in the videos. It adds more personality to the channel. I love the cool shirts and hats you have. Big fan keep up the good work big xoxo
There are 2 factors related , if the tort grow fast ,so the humidity comes play very important role ,iknow so many sulcata keepers that grow so fast super fast but still flat smooth shell
Hey, I just found your page and thought it was very interesting. I have a sulcata that is almost 1 year old, but I never knew how to change his diet. Right now, his diet consists only of romaine lettuce, and I was wondering if I can mix the lettuce with hay or if it needs to be one or the other.
Info I didn’t know. Thank you. I love watching your videos. I actually learn all sorts of stuff. So just in case I find a sulcata tortoise roaming around in my yard, I now know what to feed it. Your videos are very informative. Thank you. ❤️
My sulcata tortoise won’t eat pellets, or the hay , I’ve been trying to feed it that , so he gets the nutrients it needs, what can i do to help him eat better, i give him bell peppers, romaine lettuce, etc..
Thank you for that information I have been feeding my poor so kind of turtles around my. He has an outdoor. With a element . He's still cold in the morning. Would it be a good idea to get one of those heating mates? I will also get some of that tortoise Chow
Thanks for the video, gave me a way better understanding about the sulcata tortoise. We were gifted one without notice, and had no clue on how to maintain one lol
Great video. Thank you for this and so great to see you! Reingesting excrement is also a common behavior in rabbits. They will often eat their first soft droppings of the day. It sounds as though a more bland diet comprised chiefly of hay is ideal. Can those items you showed at the beginning (dark leafy greens, fruits, and vegetables) be fed at all, and if they can, is there a benefit to feeding them in a dehydrated state? As I think about it, the water content is the biggest difference between a tortoise living outside primarily eating grass and one living indoors mainly ingesting hay.
found my tortoise in the desert..native friends found it in their garage ..they cant touch them..ive had it 2 months .it loves napales (cactus paddles) and prickly pear.. The shell was already pyramidal ..not drastically. seems to love the paddle cactus and pears, especially.. anyone raising them in Arizona that survived this brutal summer, they LOVE prickly pears and it's burrow cover, a 3 wire bale of bermuda..
How do you convince a two week old tortoise to eat hay. My tortoise is pyramiding and require assistance. I cut down the hay, since I thought it was too big. I was thinking of mixxing it with the mizuri tortoise pellets but I rather it just eat hay naturally. I put hay on top of the lettuce or veggies and she just goes around it. Even pushing it off of large veggies or stems.
I’m sure in America / Canada you have lots of options for tortoise pellets, but in the uk we have a limited supply so please read the content carefully as they can have a lot of protein in them. This is ok for forest tortoises like redfoots and cherry heads but not grassland or desert tortoises. That’s not to say they can’t eat it just not every day.
Beautiful tortoise!!! I got a baby sulcata and it won't eat grass or hay or the pellets. It will only eat spring mix. It even won't eat collard greens. Pet store said just leave collard greens until he eats it. What do u think???
I have tried to provide hay for my Sulcata but he will not eat it. He will only eat the tortoise pellets. I put him outside frequently to graze on grass, but he seems to go for the plants that are not grass. Any ideas to get him to eat hay?
I adopted Tortoise 2 weeks ago, He only eat lettuce I tried to give him multiple foods and he refused to eat them this problem stressed me out and I’m scared that it will affect his health do you have any idea to fix this problem?
I have a question. My bearded dragon turns 2 years old on Sep 22 and I’m planing on pairing her with a male, but September is the last month of the year they mate before they brumate, should I wait to pair them until after brumation or can I do it whenever?
Hello. My brothers tortoise has a very squishy shell thankfully he finally gave it to me after weeks of asking for it since i knew he wasnt really caring for it. I just noticed that the bottom of its shell is is very squishy including the top. The bottom also seems somewhat transparent which is very concerning. I am doing research on the species of tortoise to see what changes on its habitat it will need. Any tips will be so helpful!!!
My guess for food: -dark leafy greens (cruciferous) -melon Post video edit: HAY!? Wow! 😮 I don’t have any tortoises, but would like one in the future. This is so cool to know! Thanks for the good info as always!
This information is wrong. My last very polite comment was not displayed. Please do your research before you listen to a TH-camr. Just because someone makes a video doesn't mean the information is true. There are experts out there that have done extensive research and have found the cause of pyramiding.....with proof. There is a lot of information he is giving that is incorrect. I'm not trying to bash anyone, I care about the tortoises health as we all do. There are tortoise forums out there with many members and experts, sharing facts for free. ***Not wanting views and not asking for money..... Non-profit*** If you truly love your tortoise and want them to be healthy please research.
I assume it loses some but retains enough to still be worth eating. Hay is very tough stuff, so it'll take a couple passes to get it all I imagine. That's on of the reasons cows have multiple stomachs and chew their cud, grass and hay take a lot of effort to fully digest.
When I had pet rabbits, timothy hay was recommended for them. Rabbits shouldn't eat just lettuce and carrots - it'll make them sick They also recommended giving rabbits wooden toys to chew on, so their teeth would grind down. I had one rabbit whose teeth got so long he couldn't eat or drink normally. I had to cut his teeth back with a pair of wire cutters. (And rabbits eat their poop to recycle the B vitamins produced by their intestinal bacteria.)
The folks at Snake Discovery have a *HUGE* sulcata tortoise that roams freely around the facility. I would think that a sulcata tortoise would thrive on a diet of vegetables and fruits
Sharon!!! I LOVE Sharon always getting into mischief 😂😂. Snake Discovery is my second favorite channel. I honestly thought they all had similar diets of fruits and veggies as well.
@@BSweetLL Snake DIscovery was the first reptile channel I ever saw. And then I started getting interested in snakes, and looking at other channels. And now I wish I could go visit Snake Discovery.
My local zoo just took in several tertius's that had been left in an abandoned zoo, and a few had just horrible , horrible pyramiding- they were maybe a foo and a foot and a half in size but they both had a couple inch all the way around of pyramiding; it was so sad!!!! the small kiddy zoo lost accreditation for animal neglect and closed down , abandoning the animas=ls, but a neighbor to the stepped in and fed them until help could be arraigned for them. they'll be fed properly from now on, but the damage has been done...it's so sad!!!😢 they di say hell is paved with good intentions.... this is one those cases people try to over do it . why is power feeding a thing to begin with? or did some breeder figure out they could do it with one creature so everyone started doing it? tortuous are slow & steady no other way.... as always, thank! and take care!!!
Great video. Thank you for all your information. I look forward to your videos. I am A 74 year grandmother who really loves learning about all your reptiles.
Thank You
I love that you mentioned how they live and eat in the wild, because most don't talk about that. How they live in the wild has to be key to pyramiding prevention.
Thanks!
Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!
I have two Sulcata's! Also! Make sure you supplement their food with adding Calcium powder, sprinkled on the food 3-4 times a week! This definitely helps prevent pyramiding!
Thank you so much for making this video. I’ve been doing lots of research on sulcatas and this has been the realest most useful video I have come across
🐢🐢thank you!! I have a Sulcata, one question I don’t regularly soak once a week, he drinks water though, and he lives out side, he has slight pyramid it’s been a journey with the research of my rescue..
to this tortoise 🐢, so many people give different advice on on what to feed what they should eat, and I am with you because I have a 50 pound healthy tortoise kind of common sense. If you do the research on where they live can you know what to feed them
I don't have tortoises, but it's really really interesting. Keep care.
ty ty
good that i found your channel. I have had 2 sulcatas that are about 5 months old for 2 weeks. I feed daily mulberry leaves, hibiscus, water spinach and rarely salad from the supermarket. they get crushed eggshell and sepia sprinkled over their food twice a week. they always have hay and alfalfa in their outdoor enclosure on the terrace. during the day when the sun is shining i put them in the garden area, they get a bath beforehand. here in thailand the temperatures are always 32 degrees celsius = 90 Fh on average with high humidity.
good job!
Great video! I have an almost four year old Leopard Tortoise, so pretty much the same care as a Sulcata. It's sad that a lot of people get these guys and end up not knowing how to care for them, so then they end up with lots of pyramiding. I'm sure your video educated a lot of new tortoise owners!! 🐢 😊
my Sulcata gets baths 1x per week for up to 2 hrs...., eats grass, kale, pumpkin, timothy hay, nopales/cactus.
Love seeing your cute face in the videos. It adds more personality to the channel. I love the cool shirts and hats you have. Big fan keep up the good work big xoxo
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Wth lol
What the fuck😂😂😂
😂 this went left so off topic about the video lol
Oh my, Tortellini, you are a big tortoise now! And looking so happy, which is not a surprise :-)
aww ty!
There are 2 factors related , if the tort grow fast ,so the humidity comes play very important role ,iknow so many sulcata keepers that grow so fast super fast but still flat smooth shell
Hey, I just found your page and thought it was very interesting. I have a sulcata that is almost 1 year old, but I never knew how to change his diet. Right now, his diet consists only of romaine lettuce, and I was wondering if I can mix the lettuce with hay or if it needs to be one or the other.
So like rabbits! Hadn't realised. So interesting, thank you so much for all the interesting info
yw Thanks!
Info I didn’t know. Thank you. I love watching your videos. I actually learn all sorts of stuff. So just in case I find a sulcata tortoise roaming around in my yard, I now know what to feed it. Your videos are very informative. Thank you. ❤️
Thank You
awww tortellini is so cute!! beautiful smooth shell, kisses to the baby 🐢💚
I love tortellini! Wonderful video, thank you! I would have guessed the absolute wrong food.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Please make a video on their temperature management and what equipment should we use inside the enclosure.
I feed mine on a terra cotta saucer. Is that okay? I have a 2 month old hatchling. I just him to be healthy.
My sulcata tortoise won’t eat pellets, or the hay , I’ve been trying to feed it that , so he gets the nutrients it needs, what can i do to help him eat better, i give him bell peppers, romaine lettuce, etc..
Thank you for that information I have been feeding my poor so kind of turtles around my. He has an outdoor. With a element . He's still cold in the morning. Would it be a good idea to get one of those heating mates? I will also get some of that tortoise Chow
Where do you get your hay from? Also do babies still get hay? I have a 5-6 month old
Thanks for the info. Great to see your face again!
Hey, thanks!
Can they eat clover all day? My lawn is mainly clover and he’s out there munching on it all day.
I"m very glad to be seeing your face, and not just your hands, on camera. I have wondered what you look like, and now I know.
I have been on video a few times now!
@@Animal1Guy I only remember seeing your hands, and part of your feet when you take your animals outdoors to play with the neighborhood kids.
Thanks for the video, gave me a way better understanding about the sulcata tortoise. We were gifted one without notice, and had no clue on how to maintain one lol
Great video. Thank you for this and so great to see you! Reingesting excrement is also a common behavior in rabbits. They will often eat their first soft droppings of the day. It sounds as though a more bland diet comprised chiefly of hay is ideal. Can those items you showed at the beginning (dark leafy greens, fruits, and vegetables) be fed at all, and if they can, is there a benefit to feeding them in a dehydrated state? As I think about it, the water content is the biggest difference between a tortoise living outside primarily eating grass and one living indoors mainly ingesting hay.
yes they are a good treat, and hydration
does he need to be a certain age to eat certain foods?
found my tortoise in the desert..native friends found it in their garage ..they cant touch them..ive had it 2 months .it loves napales (cactus paddles) and prickly pear.. The shell was already pyramidal ..not drastically. seems to love the paddle cactus and pears, especially.. anyone raising them in Arizona that survived this brutal summer, they LOVE prickly pears and it's burrow cover, a 3 wire bale of bermuda..
so if i feed my tortoise hey on the regular when would it be fine to give fruits and veggies during the day or week?
You've given Great knowledge, almost i tried to get this information from many other sources but always failed.
Glad it was helpful!
variety with vitamins and calcium I add Timmothy hay too. But I'm talking about my Russian torts. I just added a sulcata to the family.
Great information hope you continue educating us about the Sulcata tortoise
So they digest similar to a ruminant, in that they digest the same feed 2 or 3 times, ruminants just do it internally
yes
my tort is outside but I pick up the poops to use as fertilizer since she'll always have more food :)
Hey man loving your channel. I have a baby sulcata that's doin good bud it has hard callius like build up at corners of his beak.what could this be
How do you get a baby tortoise to eat hay if they’ve been fed lettuce and flowers?
Great. How do you get a hatchling to eat Timothy hay? And thank you.
Have you figured it out? I have a hatchling who isn’t interested in anything other than Romain
Me too. I have 2 hatchlings. Although I have found if you cut up the Timothy hay and mix it with Romain and collards they tend to eventually eat it
BEAUTIFUL BENJI BOY!
LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!❤
Thank you!!
I live in Arkansas and would like to own one. Would humidity be bad for them? We do have some week's in the summer that can be high in Humidity.
short burst are ok
So can I still clean the poop? Or should I just let him eat it?
Hay? First,second, or third cut?
I have a question
How do you convince a two week old tortoise to eat hay. My tortoise is pyramiding and require assistance. I cut down the hay, since I thought it was too big. I was thinking of mixxing it with the mizuri tortoise pellets but I rather it just eat hay naturally. I put hay on top of the lettuce or veggies and she just goes around it. Even pushing it off of large veggies or stems.
If the tortoise has a pyramid shell how can you correct that ? Is there a way?
Sunlight and humidity and soaking play just as an important part in a healthy shell. I grow everything mine eats.
I’m sure in America / Canada you have lots of options for tortoise pellets, but in the uk we have a limited supply so please read the content carefully as they can have a lot of protein in them. This is ok for forest tortoises like redfoots and cherry heads but not grassland or desert tortoises. That’s not to say they can’t eat it just not every day.
Thank you so much
She looks so big and happy! It was nice to see her, and enjoyed the info! 🙂👍🏻
him!!!
@@Animal1Guy oops
I adopted a Sulcata. He has quite a bit of pyramiding. I am feeding Timothy Hay. But he is already about 50lbs. Is he messed up for life now?
Thank you so much im ashamed to say i really didn’t do proper research but my tortoise is my responsibility so im hoping to get her better again
Beautiful tortoise!!! I got a baby sulcata and it won't eat grass or hay or the pellets. It will only eat spring mix. It even won't eat collard greens. Pet store said just leave collard greens until he eats it. What do u think???
spring mix is ok while they are babies I fed him spring mix for 1 year
@@Animal1Guy thank you so much I was worried
So what should I feed them as hatchlings to yearlings so they don’t get pyramiding
dark greens is fine
Great information, thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
So cute!!! Precious!!!
Thank you
You're welcome
I have tried to provide hay for my Sulcata but he will not eat it. He will only eat the tortoise pellets. I put him outside frequently to graze on grass, but he seems to go for the plants that are not grass. Any ideas to get him to eat hay?
pellets are ok since they are mainly hay. sometimes these guys are picky and there is nothing you can do
This video was very helpful! 🌾🌿🐢
Glad it was helpful!
I adopted Tortoise 2 weeks ago, He only eat lettuce I tried to give him multiple foods and he refused to eat them this problem stressed me out and I’m scared that it will affect his health do you have any idea to fix this problem?
Dang i had to whach this twice because hes just amazing and i love learning about animals
Thank You
I have a question. My bearded dragon turns 2 years old on Sep 22 and I’m planing on pairing her with a male, but September is the last month of the year they mate before they brumate, should I wait to pair them until after brumation or can I do it whenever?
I would wait
Ok thanks!
my adopted daughter came with a tortoise, thank you for this video!
cool
is it ok for my Sulcata to eat cat poop ?
How old is your?
Hello. My brothers tortoise has a very squishy shell thankfully he finally gave it to me after weeks of asking for it since i knew he wasnt really caring for it. I just noticed that the bottom of its shell is is very squishy including the top. The bottom also seems somewhat transparent which is very concerning. I am doing research on the species of tortoise to see what changes on its habitat it will need. Any tips will be so helpful!!!
Make sure it has proper basking with UVB
@@Animal1Guy That's all the advice you give? Please stop!
Nooo way this guy is playing with his lizard 😂 that’s crazy!!
Recently got custody of a Mojave Desert tortoise from a rescue. Can’t get him to eat anything but dandelion greens.
My guess for food:
-dark leafy greens (cruciferous)
-melon
Post video edit:
HAY!? Wow! 😮
I don’t have any tortoises, but would like one in the future. This is so cool to know! Thanks for the good info as always!
so close but noooooooo
If pyramiding has already occured, will it eventually go away with proper diet and enough time, or is it permanent?
no it will just not get worse
How old is tortellini?
6
@@Animal1Guy cool
Oh no, not the poop! 😂
yes the poop!
I have 2 of these wonderful tortoises. ❤❤
Awe hi Tortellini. ❤ thanks for good info
ty ty!
My 1 year old sulcata builded its own borrow.
This information is wrong. My last very polite comment was not displayed. Please do your research before you listen to a TH-camr. Just because someone makes a video doesn't mean the information is true.
There are experts out there that have done extensive research and have found the cause of pyramiding.....with proof. There is a lot of information he is giving that is incorrect.
I'm not trying to bash anyone, I care about the tortoises health as we all do. There are tortoise forums out there with many members and experts, sharing facts for free. ***Not wanting views and not asking for money..... Non-profit***
If you truly love your tortoise and want them to be healthy please research.
Tortellini seems to like the camera. I knew poo would come into it, lol.
ahahaha
Doesn’t it loose nutritional value when digested though
I assume it loses some but retains enough to still be worth eating. Hay is very tough stuff, so it'll take a couple passes to get it all I imagine. That's on of the reasons cows have multiple stomachs and chew their cud, grass and hay take a lot of effort to fully digest.
some each time
@@Animal1Guy its cactus a good source of vitamin c?
Hehe creatine sorry I had to, beautiful baby!!!
When I had pet rabbits, timothy hay was recommended for them. Rabbits shouldn't eat just lettuce and carrots - it'll make them sick They also recommended giving rabbits wooden toys to chew on, so their teeth would grind down. I had one rabbit whose teeth got so long he couldn't eat or drink normally. I had to cut his teeth back with a pair of wire cutters. (And rabbits eat their poop to recycle the B vitamins produced by their intestinal bacteria.)
good comment!
You are the more informative guy I found on Ytub for this topic 👍🏻
Hay
Awww she is so cute❤
Thank You
Well, bummer, I was hoping one day to have a sulcata. Sounds like it would not be an option.
get a smaller tort like russian!
The folks at Snake Discovery have a *HUGE* sulcata tortoise that roams freely around the facility. I would think that a sulcata tortoise would thrive on a diet of vegetables and fruits
Sharon!!! I LOVE Sharon always getting into mischief 😂😂. Snake Discovery is my second favorite channel. I honestly thought they all had similar diets of fruits and veggies as well.
to much vitamins for them!
@@BSweetLL Snake DIscovery was the first reptile channel I ever saw. And then I started getting interested in snakes, and looking at other channels. And now I wish I could go visit Snake Discovery.
Hi
Very interesting! Pretty much the way I feed my rabbit. 😂😂
My local zoo just took in several tertius's that had been left in an abandoned zoo, and a few had just horrible , horrible pyramiding- they were maybe a foo and a foot and a half in size but they both had a couple inch all the way around of pyramiding; it was so sad!!!! the small kiddy zoo lost accreditation for animal neglect and closed down , abandoning the animas=ls, but a neighbor to the stepped in and fed them until help could be arraigned for them. they'll be fed properly from now on, but the damage has been done...it's so sad!!!😢 they di say hell is paved with good intentions.... this is one those cases people try to over do it .
why is power feeding a thing to begin with? or did some breeder figure out they could do it with one creature so everyone started doing it? tortuous are slow & steady no other way....
as always, thank! and take care!!!
aww ya happens often i think with small zoos
Your knowledge is majestic....thanks for sharing
What is pyramiding?
The shell growing wrong
The scutes grow into peaks so it looks like the shell is covered in little pyramids instead of being nice and round and healthy.
@@Lauresaurus96 Thank you
Love how you accidentally said shells are made of creatine instead of keratin lol!
was that an accident though?
Grass and vegies
Luv the tug of war!
i thought he was a girl....he grows so fast
I was told he was a girl
Feed him crystal Pepsi
lolol
❤❤
“eat shit” is a compliment in tortious world lol
recycling the food is such a good idea tho especially in this economy!
lololol
Test
What type of tortoise chow would you reccomend? Or does it not matter?
How interesting but I would not know what a tortoise would eat apart from veggies !
Thank You