Hello all,
I'm absolutely heartbroken to have to post this, and tearing up heavily while writing so bear with me.
I've had a few torts over the last few heads to include Sullys, a Russian, a RES & my current Leo. His (I believe) name is Phoenix.
He is a yearling. About a year and a half. I got him from a friend who uses this site who has owned many torts and has a great deal of experience with them in July 2013 when he was just about a month old. He is very very dear to my heart.
I am 26 and now in college. I recently moved to Corpus Christi, TX into an apartment. I had planned to get a house in the summer and the plan was to move him outside into a bigger area. The thing is- I'm finding myself busier and busier. I live with a guilty conscience a lot of the time because I just don't have time for my baby anymore. I feed him, give him water but I am lucky if I get him a 20min soak a week anymore and I have only been able to change the substrate in his enclosure twice since I moved to CC since August. I realize he needs his humidity.
I don't believe he is suffering any health issues at all yet. He hasn't started pyramiding yet. He needs a bigger enclosure but he's ok... Still have a lot of things for him to include his CHE at night, MVB during the day and other stuff. I just weighed him out at 143.8G. He needs to gain some more weight but he has been gaining weight not losing so I believe that's fine. I feed collard greens, kale, spring mix, mustard greens mostly. Occasionally some Mazuri.
Anyway. I want to make sure he goes to a home of someone experienced on here. Not just some random person who picks them up and reads random stuff online. I'm so worried about where he goes. I'm a struggling college student and can't really afford the cost of taking him to a reptile vet but I can guarantee his health- I've had him since birth. I can provide a reference of the person who sold him to me.
I have no idea how to ship a live animal. I could see about meeting someone in south Texas somewhere. I am in San Antonio occasionally where family lives. If anyone is interested, please contact me. We can talk about the re-homing fee later since I'm not sure what that might cost. Also, I know some people get upset with other animals around torts. I'm going to upload some photos of him with my other two cats in some of them. My cars are head over heels in love with him. They've never once came close to hurting him. They are so protective of him. Hope this doesn't anger anyone.
Thank you!
I'm absolutely heartbroken to have to post this, and tearing up heavily while writing so bear with me.
I've had a few torts over the last few heads to include Sullys, a Russian, a RES & my current Leo. His (I believe) name is Phoenix.
He is a yearling. About a year and a half. I got him from a friend who uses this site who has owned many torts and has a great deal of experience with them in July 2013 when he was just about a month old. He is very very dear to my heart.
I am 26 and now in college. I recently moved to Corpus Christi, TX into an apartment. I had planned to get a house in the summer and the plan was to move him outside into a bigger area. The thing is- I'm finding myself busier and busier. I live with a guilty conscience a lot of the time because I just don't have time for my baby anymore. I feed him, give him water but I am lucky if I get him a 20min soak a week anymore and I have only been able to change the substrate in his enclosure twice since I moved to CC since August. I realize he needs his humidity.
I don't believe he is suffering any health issues at all yet. He hasn't started pyramiding yet. He needs a bigger enclosure but he's ok... Still have a lot of things for him to include his CHE at night, MVB during the day and other stuff. I just weighed him out at 143.8G. He needs to gain some more weight but he has been gaining weight not losing so I believe that's fine. I feed collard greens, kale, spring mix, mustard greens mostly. Occasionally some Mazuri.
Anyway. I want to make sure he goes to a home of someone experienced on here. Not just some random person who picks them up and reads random stuff online. I'm so worried about where he goes. I'm a struggling college student and can't really afford the cost of taking him to a reptile vet but I can guarantee his health- I've had him since birth. I can provide a reference of the person who sold him to me.
I have no idea how to ship a live animal. I could see about meeting someone in south Texas somewhere. I am in San Antonio occasionally where family lives. If anyone is interested, please contact me. We can talk about the re-homing fee later since I'm not sure what that might cost. Also, I know some people get upset with other animals around torts. I'm going to upload some photos of him with my other two cats in some of them. My cars are head over heels in love with him. They've never once came close to hurting him. They are so protective of him. Hope this doesn't anger anyone.
Thank you!