snowy_mass
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Hello there TortoiseForum!
I'm an alaskan college student who likes doing research in the herpaculture hobby for fun and in preperation for eventually possibly getting a new animal. I currently live inside my parents home in Alaska with a dog, an axolotl, and my brother. In my research for a reptile I realized that one of my first reptile loves and one that my mom (who has a phobia of snakes and lizards) would most enjoy having in the house I have been ignoring, turtles.
So I come to you tortoise forum with a simple yet complicated question. What species would be a good fit for me to look into? I currently live in a 10'X10' room which is likely where I would have to fit the Tortoise enclosure. and it would have to include my bedroom furnishings as well as a 30"X12.5"X12.5" aquarium where Toothless lives. I'm not opposed to an aquatic species but I do have a preferencial leaning for terrestrial as I would like to try and make a bioactive Turtle Table and so that I could interact and handle him. I did have a Russian Tortoise as a kid but I wasn't the best caretaker for him then so I'm more on the beginner side of things as far as that means for a tortoise.
So are there any suggestions? Or with my current living situation would a tortoise not be a great idea?
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I'm an alaskan college student who likes doing research in the herpaculture hobby for fun and in preperation for eventually possibly getting a new animal. I currently live inside my parents home in Alaska with a dog, an axolotl, and my brother. In my research for a reptile I realized that one of my first reptile loves and one that my mom (who has a phobia of snakes and lizards) would most enjoy having in the house I have been ignoring, turtles.
So I come to you tortoise forum with a simple yet complicated question. What species would be a good fit for me to look into? I currently live in a 10'X10' room which is likely where I would have to fit the Tortoise enclosure. and it would have to include my bedroom furnishings as well as a 30"X12.5"X12.5" aquarium where Toothless lives. I'm not opposed to an aquatic species but I do have a preferencial leaning for terrestrial as I would like to try and make a bioactive Turtle Table and so that I could interact and handle him. I did have a Russian Tortoise as a kid but I wasn't the best caretaker for him then so I'm more on the beginner side of things as far as that means for a tortoise.
So are there any suggestions? Or with my current living situation would a tortoise not be a great idea?
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