Horse ‘n tortoise
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Am a new tortoise owner. Drove to Texas to adopt a 2 year old female sulcata tortoise.
The drive home was the first surprise. Who knew a tortoise could have gas like an elephant? 28 hours there and back...after the ice storm.
I’ve had her for about a month and noticed she was so much bigger than what I was seeing in this forum. Tallulah is the size of a watermelon.
Not wanting her to have poop on her underside that she had backed into outside when I put her in her night box, I gave her a soak. Since that didn’t get it off her I put her in the shower and held her up to the shower and cleaned her under shell. Well.... apparently the warm water brought to life something like a giant arm with an alien face on the end out of my sweet “girl”. Either she has an alien in her or “Tallulah” is a “Thomas” or “Tank” etc. Surprise!!?
The drive home was the first surprise. Who knew a tortoise could have gas like an elephant? 28 hours there and back...after the ice storm.
I’ve had her for about a month and noticed she was so much bigger than what I was seeing in this forum. Tallulah is the size of a watermelon.
Not wanting her to have poop on her underside that she had backed into outside when I put her in her night box, I gave her a soak. Since that didn’t get it off her I put her in the shower and held her up to the shower and cleaned her under shell. Well.... apparently the warm water brought to life something like a giant arm with an alien face on the end out of my sweet “girl”. Either she has an alien in her or “Tallulah” is a “Thomas” or “Tank” etc. Surprise!!?