OT: 20 gallon long complete reptile habitat

Dirt4dinner

Dirt4dinner

Home Growin' SUSHI!
My wife just surprised me with a little gift. She knows I have always wanted one....a Sulcata African Tortoise! It's a year old and won't fit in my Leopard Gecko set up. So the entire reptile habitat is for sale.

Here is what's included, for $75.

20 gallon long glass aquarium with wire mesh lid
Water dish
Water bottle (hidden in a rock column)
Fake tree
Rock house
Half log for hiding place
Under tank heater
black wood stand with shelf
2 1/2 bags of reptile sand
Pooper scooper

All you need is a clamp lamp and bulb.....oh and a critter! Leopard Geckos are terrific beginner reptiles. Low maintenance, incredibly friendly and relatively inexpensive at about $30. Let me know if your interested. I am not interested in any trades as I need to fund the new habitat for the tortoise. Photos to come!!!
 
Oops...photo.

Eight ball, monster truck, little statue and extra rocks are all gifts from Biff's college buddies over the years. So....those won't be included...trust me they look terrible in there!

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I've thought about getting a tort before. The sulcattas are awesome, but get soooo big and destroy your yard--and my dogs are bad enough about that! I may eventually get a Hermann's tort, since they stay smaller, I just don't trust my dogs not to try and use it as a chew toy....
 
I know a few people who have the Sulcatas in their yards. You defintely have to take into consideration their appetite for vegiatation. But if you designate a certain area with edible plants you can usually keep them eating that stuff instead of the decorative plants in the yard. But it's a roll of the dice. It will be a few years before ours is big enough to be in the yard unattended. They need to get big enough that birds won't pack him off, and that he can't squeeze under the gate.
 
They are between $90 and $120 for a hatchling. When they are full grown they can be worth thousands....but only because there are few people who want huge ones. I found someone who has a one year old and no longer wants it for $50. I am going to pick it up this afternoon, I am a little concerned that the current owner hasn't taken proper care of it, so I am not 100% sure I am going to get him. If it looks healthy then I will, but if not I would rather pay the extra money for one that has been provided a good diet and the right artificial light.
 
I was more referring to the digging/burrowing they do. If you wind up needing a smaller one, or possibly a larger former breeder, let me know, I know of a guy who breeds them.

And if you want a link for a site that sells 'tortoise grass' seeds for planting, for tortoise cages, let me know that as well and I can dig it up.
 
I'd like some info on buying a tortise. As much as I'd like a snake, I think a tortise is the only reptile I'll be able to get away with. :)
 
Check out www.sulcata-station.org for info. There are a few other good options for tortoises. The Leopard Tortoise is really cool and only gets to be about the size of a dinner plate and only better 40-50lbs., which makes it a little easier to deal with as they get older. The variety I got will get HUGE! Around 100-150 lbs.
 
Ok, I just bought a new light for the tortoise so now I will include the basking lamp for the lizard setup. Which makes it COMPLETE!

Somebodies kid would love this setup for their room. Come on parents, spoil em'!!!
 
I have 4 Sulcatas in my back yard. One is 10, two are 7 and one is 5. They are cool pets but they eat like a horse, which means they also do something else like a horse! I have absolutely no grass left as they eat it faster than it grows. One saving grace in the summer time is they absolutely love Mulberry leaves so I can just trim a few branches off a couple times a week and they go nuts. They will dig and they like mud puddles. I fenced a portion of the yard off with small landscape border type wire fencing but now they just lean on it and push it over like its not there. I am having a block wall put around my place next month and when I do they are going to have a side yard all their own with sprinklers and rolled sod to munch on.
My two 7 year olds started out in a 10G tank, then a 20, then a blue plastic pool in the family room, then the back sun room and finally the entire back yard! They have heated dog houses and stay active all winter coming out every day to play. The wife still takes the smallest one to school a couple times a year for her students to play with but the others are getting too big for her to pick up. The oldest one weighs 30, the 7 year olds weight 18 and 20 and the little one weighs 9 pounds.
 
That is AWSOME! I would love to come by sometime and check them out. Mine is still about the size of my fist...just a little guy! But, I know what I am in for. I am going to have to build something in the back yard to separate him from the dogs and to keep most of my yard in tact. But I am still a few years from that I hope. I have another buddy who has a 2 year old that just got banished to the backyard out in Maricopa...it eats everything too.

Anyways, I would love to come see yours sometime if you don't mind.
 
When we got the first ones they were silver dollar sized, I could put two in the palm of my hand. My Granddaughters had 2 but one got away and they never found it and thats how we ended up with the third one. I just got the oldest one a week ago from a friend that could no longer keep it.
 
AJ's setup is pretty cool. These things are monsters! My son loves going over there to see them. I am going to get one today for my girls mothers day present. She has wanted one for ever.
 
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