Sarra and I went to the Sacramento Zoo a few months back, and decided to go to the Oakland zoo yesterday (I've heard great things about Oakland's setup) and I took a bunch of pictures of their turtles and tortoises. I hope you all enjoy.
Sacramento:
Their "Tortoise yard" was below the raised platform for the giraffe exhibit. They had 3 Sulcatas, but the other was inside the cement room that they were sleeping in.
Oakland:
This place had some great, expansive enclosures that were much closer to a natural habitat, than the Sacramento Zoo. They had one Sulcata and at least 5 Aldabras, and who knows how many water turtles mixed in with the alligators, and an indoor reptile and amphibian exhibit.
Out in the yard
Alligator pool
Aldabras in their feeding/heat room
The exhibit was awesome. That whole room had plexiglass walls, and the Tortoises could go out to sun and graze as they pleased.
There's pictures of all kinds of other animals, but I figured I'd keep it to Torts and Turts
Sacramento:
Their "Tortoise yard" was below the raised platform for the giraffe exhibit. They had 3 Sulcatas, but the other was inside the cement room that they were sleeping in.
Oakland:
This place had some great, expansive enclosures that were much closer to a natural habitat, than the Sacramento Zoo. They had one Sulcata and at least 5 Aldabras, and who knows how many water turtles mixed in with the alligators, and an indoor reptile and amphibian exhibit.
Out in the yard
Alligator pool
Aldabras in their feeding/heat room
The exhibit was awesome. That whole room had plexiglass walls, and the Tortoises could go out to sun and graze as they pleased.
There's pictures of all kinds of other animals, but I figured I'd keep it to Torts and Turts