AxelMyBaby
Rescue a Beardie Today!
Hello everybody! Yesterday we went to a Reptile Show and it was incredible. My dad took me, and he had a great time as well. Monitors, geckos, beardies, turtles, salamanders, frogs, iguanas, supplies and equiptment galore. I loved it!
As we were walking by the LLLReptile stand my dad stopped at the tortoises. He has always loved tortoises and has always regretted not bringing home a Box Turtle had had fallen in love with. He started asking questions and then asked which one I wanted. I was like, no way! I was soo happy. If my mom was there we would have come home with a few more beardies, too! Well, we got our Sulcata Tortoise and he is great. We named him Brad
We know he will get up to 200 pounds, 150 lb. average and we plan on keeping him in an outdoor enclosure in the summer once he is at least 16 months old and then keeping him in an enclosed large shed area with heating lamps in the winter time. Since we just got the new addition yesterday, I have some questions that I was hoping I could get some answers to
-How fast do they grow? I read in a book that they will be around 14 inches in diameter in 8 years..is that true?
-What kind of hay can they eat?
-What kind of substrate do you suggest using?
Any other info would be greatly appreciated even though we got the basics from LLLReptile
Thank you very much!
-Breawna and the beardies...Axel and Miracle, the Alligator Lizards...Aqua and Twitch, the Leopard Gecko...Montana, and the Sulcata Tortoise...Brad.
As we were walking by the LLLReptile stand my dad stopped at the tortoises. He has always loved tortoises and has always regretted not bringing home a Box Turtle had had fallen in love with. He started asking questions and then asked which one I wanted. I was like, no way! I was soo happy. If my mom was there we would have come home with a few more beardies, too! Well, we got our Sulcata Tortoise and he is great. We named him Brad
We know he will get up to 200 pounds, 150 lb. average and we plan on keeping him in an outdoor enclosure in the summer once he is at least 16 months old and then keeping him in an enclosed large shed area with heating lamps in the winter time. Since we just got the new addition yesterday, I have some questions that I was hoping I could get some answers to -How fast do they grow? I read in a book that they will be around 14 inches in diameter in 8 years..is that true?
-What kind of hay can they eat?
-What kind of substrate do you suggest using?
Any other info would be greatly appreciated even though we got the basics from LLLReptile
Thank you very much!
-Breawna and the beardies...Axel and Miracle, the Alligator Lizards...Aqua and Twitch, the Leopard Gecko...Montana, and the Sulcata Tortoise...Brad.