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- Aug 1, 2010
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Hello! I'm glad I found this group. Our 3 year old sulcata tortoise, Speedy, broke out of his outdoor playpen last Tuesday. He was gone at least a couple of hours before we noticed. We put up signs right away. We got a phone call about 10:30 at night about a sighting over 2 hours before, but by the time we got to the location he was nowhere to be found. He was supposedly in someone's garden about 1/2 mile from our house - he had to go through some woods and cross a creek to get there.
Right now we have signs on telephone poles and have put flyers in mailboxes in a wide radius, but we have receive no calls since the one on Tuesday evening. We have also posted on our local craigslist.
We live in a neighborhood in upstate NY that is surrounded by woods, fields, creeks and hills. It has been as low as 50 F at night but it is normally in the 60's. I am worried about the effect of the nighttime temperature on him. I have gone out looking for him multiple times during the warm part of the day. I would like to try to narrow down my search options. Does anyone have a suggestion about what type of terrain might be more likely than another for him to wander?
I was encouraged to see that a sulcata lost for 3 weeks was found. It has been 5 days now and I am getting discouraged.
Thanks for any words of advice.
Right now we have signs on telephone poles and have put flyers in mailboxes in a wide radius, but we have receive no calls since the one on Tuesday evening. We have also posted on our local craigslist.
We live in a neighborhood in upstate NY that is surrounded by woods, fields, creeks and hills. It has been as low as 50 F at night but it is normally in the 60's. I am worried about the effect of the nighttime temperature on him. I have gone out looking for him multiple times during the warm part of the day. I would like to try to narrow down my search options. Does anyone have a suggestion about what type of terrain might be more likely than another for him to wander?
I was encouraged to see that a sulcata lost for 3 weeks was found. It has been 5 days now and I am getting discouraged.
Thanks for any words of advice.