Good day. I need help. I got a hatchling sulcata this past Christmas, it was a few months old then. It is still the same size. It gets soaked daily, eats fine and gets a calcium supplement. Has anyone had this sort of experience with a sulcata before. Thanks.
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HELP! Sulcata not growing
bolsaegato
Jul 24, 2005 02:26 PM
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bigshark
Jul 24, 2005 04:17 PM
mine grew very little in the first year... but year 2.. wow, he started to get big = ) he just turned two and is about the size of my hand. Good luck!
PHRatz
Aug 03, 2005 11:23 AM
Don't worry about it! Slow growth as long as it's healthy growth is a good thing for a sulcata.
You do not want one to grow so fast that it becomes pyramided.
Slow steady growth: good, fast uneven growth: bad.
I finally got photos of my girl online. She was found when she was about 12 inches long. Horribly pyramided (I need to find her first day here photos & put them online) but this is her 3 years later. Her pyramids have diminished a lot in 3 years, she isn't perfect looking today but she really was much worse then.
Last month marked her 3rd year with us & even though she's better now, still this is what you DO NOT want to strive for:
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PHRatz
