These are some Sulcata's I kept while living in Florida. I had the 2 larger Tortoises’ and a smaller one that I raised from a baby. Before I got them I built them a 4 x 8 Heated shed and a 24 x 24 pen. I had them for 10 months and the female laid her first clutch and 30 days later another clutch and so on for a total of 3 clutches the first year. The eggs were incubated at 86-87 for about 90-95 days. They were a lot of fun. I allowed mine to dig at first and they can sure dig. The female would dig a hole at about 45 degrees straight for about 8 feet and then turns right and who knows how far after that. But over all they were a lot of fun but you need to have the space to keep them.

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nice pictures thanks for sharing those. love big tortoises and that pic f the babies is awesome

Dang look at all those turtles (lol) thats so cool :yessir: Thanks for sharing the pictures =) That last picture looks like they in formation for combat :lol:

Lookin good!!!Congrats on hatching out Tortises out of ping pong balls also!

Love the pics. That last one does look like they are in formation ready to march.

Looks like a nice set up for them....

Nice looking turtles and babies do look like they are ready to :machinegun:

that is so awesome :yourock:
ur torts are great looking and the pen awesome too.
i would love female to breed with my male . :rockon:

very very nice

Another pic I found that I thought I would share.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y104/Halfdawg/Tortoise/FrankSallySpeedy01-2007.jpg

That's really cool :rockon:

Really nice setup for them, look like they were living the high life!

Awesome setup brother. Living in a warm climate sure has some great benefits. Nice shots of the little hatchlings..:)

Good stuff. Love that last pic. The torts are marching off to war.

Must be cool to see those little buggers hatch.

I am liking those. The babies are cute.

What kind of hay is that? I was told to feed peanut hay. However, they don't eat it.

The food in the pic is Orchard grass. It’s from oxbow and you can get it from the larger pet supplies. I bought mine in 50lbs box for about 50 bucks. Grasses are the main item that the sulcata's need. Bermuda grass and coastal grasses are also good. The problems you get with hay is that it is to rough and the protein is to high. When I had the Tortoise's, I lived in St Petersburg Fl.

Richard

Dang look at all those turtles (lol) thats so cool :yessir: Thanks for sharing the pictures =) That last picture looks like they in formation for combat :lol:


agreed lol very nice looking turtles and they do look like they are waging war on something lol