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Old 11-10-2015, 11:34 PM   #7
DeanS
I wrote a couple of care sheets for successfully raising sulcatas. I've got a 6 year old male that had minor pyramiding at a month old...the age I acquired him. He is now 24" and weighs a hair over 60 pounds. Through proper diet, temps/humidity and hydration...I soak mine twice a day/everyday...I stopped his pyramiding dead in its tracks! I have tapped into every taboo and found that they all contribute to a healthy sulcata...with ZERO pyramiding. I offer medium protein diets...sometimes higher, sometimes lower. I maintain animals at night and during inclement weather in closed chambers at 100º F and 100% relative humidity! I use no UV or heat lamps at all! All heat is generated by radiant heat panels. The only lighting I use indoors are through Reptisun 5.0 tubes. Every other animal I've raised...16 total...have ZERO pyramiding!
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