Race Description: Due to the availablility of these animals in the pet trade, more and more sulcata tortoises are brought home as pets. However, these animals provide significant challenges to their keepers, due to their dietary and temperature requirements, and their size. For one thing they make quite effective battering rams at 100 lb or more. They are very powerful and very persistent if they think you have something tasty in your house or on the other side of the fence.