Recent content by Chip's mom

Just here to say sounds like you got lucky as I've heard numerous horrific stories about Tortoise Town (sending dead tortoises), etc. We ordered a young box turtle and received an old and BADLY pyramided eastern Hermann's with worms (who of course we kept bc I would never send it back there)...

I love your story! That is truly incredible and inspiring. I will not give up. I'm hoping he is okay out there and chooses to come back home or is returned.

Thank you for sharing that story Maggie, that is wonderful to picture you sitting there and seeing the grass move with a box turtle in there! I have been much more present and mindful of looking around outside. Hopefully I too will see some grass move and find our lost tort! 😀

Thank you. Yes, 46 long days 😢 We will remain hopeful and keep looking and posting online!

Sadly we have not found Chip yet. We have about a handful of warm days left this fall. The nights are getting quite cold. I'm going to comment on Facebook posts to bump, and then resume the active search in March. We will not give up!

Just sending you support and wishes that you find your tortoise. We also lost our Eastern Hermann's tortoise in September and it has been horrible. My 10 year old son is devastated and misses him so much. I took my eyes off him for less than a minute, it is like he vanished, and I keep thinking...

Thank you for this. We will not give up hope!

Definitely on the lookout for this as we do the fall clean up. We are backed up to quite a bit of natural land, so I'm afraid there's only so much I can do, though I did get permission and searched the neighbor's properties earlier on.

Thank you. We will not give up and will keep searching. It is getting chilly here, so will get the search back in full in spring, which feels far away. Hopefully winter goes fast!

Thank you for this! We have done all of these things, plus extensive Facebook group posting, neighborhood text chats, weather-proof signs, etc. It is now getting chilly over night down to 45 degrees F, so I suspect he is burrowed down, and will resume the full fledged searching in spring. We...

Another day of chilly (58 degrees F) and wet weather here in PA tomorrow. On Wednesday we will have a bit of sun and I'll go for a walk to look for Chip. I've posted on many (probably a dozen) Facebook groups for lost pets in the area and 3 tortoises (not ours) have shown up. My neighbor lost...

Thank you for sharing this. Hope you got to enjoy her over these years. Your post makes me have hope since we've lost ours!

Wow how did you find yours 12 years later? That's the longest I've ever heard!

Thank you so much! We're doing everything possible to find him!!

Circling back to this thread-- our Eastern Herman''s tortoise escaped a few weeks ago (sadly, still looking for him). After I gave flyers to everyone in the surrounding neighborhoods I heard from neighbors sharing a story to not give up hope...They had 3 rescued eastern box turtles from the pet...