Sulcatas are perhaps the easiest of the larger tortoises to take care of. With good care and proper nutrition, they can be very enjoyable pets. For now, your best off in a ten/fifteen gallon tank. For substrate, sand, lizard litter work best. Relatively easy to clean, and fairly inexpensive. A reptisun 5.0 Uv light works best, and a heat light that gets the basking spot around 105F. With a ten gallon tank, you will probably need a 75 watt heat bulb. You want at least 12 hours a day of both heat and UV, and an ideal night temp is around 70. A few cage furnishings such as a cave, driftwood, is ok, but not necessary. On the nutritional side of things, it is always best to mix it up. I always like Romaine, Collard Greens, Dandelions(pesticide free), mustard greens and red leaf lettuce. Do not feed them iceberg, maybe the worse type of vegetation there is. A lot of companies sell pellets, which work good as long as you mix it up. Some feed their's monkey chow, which is high in protein, and too much can create pyramiding. This is a sign of malnutrition, when the shell gets points, or pyramids. Consult the breeder on this, but I went with two-three times a week with dusting. I would simply put calcium, or vitamins, on the lettuce, in small quantities. For water needs, simply have a bowl,( where they cant drown in) and change water daily. Be sure to use a plate of bowl for food, especially when you use sand, to prevent taken in sand particles. Get a feel for how much it eats. Tortoises are big eaters, and will basically never stop. Other than that, consult your breeder or pet shop where purchased, for specific needs that the tortoise was brougt up on. Thats really it, enjoy your tortoise, keep him/her hot, and well fed, and you will have a pet for a long time to come.

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