Smoke-Town
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Hi my name is Bill. I'm 34 from NY. I've been interested in owning a tortoise for a while now and figured now might be a good time to home in on what species would be right for me. I figured a tortoise forum would have plenty of opinions and information for me on that.
I've owned animals of every sort my whole life since I was a kid. But in the last decade I've had a couple Reef tanks that I maintained for 7 years and broke down and sold to move. I have a 9 year old beagle named Jack Daniels and an 8 month old Bangal cat named Bananas. I also have 2 crested geckos I got early 2014 from a local reptile expo. I'm also building a pretty unique vivarium for dwarf day geckos. Oh and I have 17 chickens. Organic eggs every day.
So anyway I have 1.5 acres. Good indoor and outdoor space. No chemicals in the yard or anything. I'd like a tortoise that reaches 20-30" shell length. A species less likely to trying to bite my dog or my toes as I'd like to let it be free in my house. Still looking into different species but the Burmese mountain tortoise cought my eye but I'm open to suggestions.
I've owned animals of every sort my whole life since I was a kid. But in the last decade I've had a couple Reef tanks that I maintained for 7 years and broke down and sold to move. I have a 9 year old beagle named Jack Daniels and an 8 month old Bangal cat named Bananas. I also have 2 crested geckos I got early 2014 from a local reptile expo. I'm also building a pretty unique vivarium for dwarf day geckos. Oh and I have 17 chickens. Organic eggs every day.
So anyway I have 1.5 acres. Good indoor and outdoor space. No chemicals in the yard or anything. I'd like a tortoise that reaches 20-30" shell length. A species less likely to trying to bite my dog or my toes as I'd like to let it be free in my house. Still looking into different species but the Burmese mountain tortoise cought my eye but I'm open to suggestions.