Hello,

I recently found two sulcata (I think from the pictures I have found on the web). Someone left them at the dump, so I brought them home to take care of. I raise box turtles, so am familiar with torts and have been educating myself on these guys. They are now eating well and appear to be healthy. I will take them to my vet as soon as I can get some time in my schedule.

They are not too old, but I can't seem to find out how to age them. They are about the size of a baseball cut in half. If measured from underneath, they are about 4.5 inches or so. Can someone tell me how old they might be? Also, is there a way to tell the sex at this age?

I live in central TX and for now, they are living inside under good uvb lights and so I can control the heat. I am going to move them into a bigger container than what they are in now, but was wondering about substrate. I have a place where I can house them where I am not worried about dust, so I was wondering if a soil/sand mix would work best. Any thoughts on substrate would be appreciated. If that is a good substrate, what is the ratio?

Thanks in advance for your help.

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