Hello! I’m absolutely thrilled to be picking up my box turtle, Fisher Cat, today! We are so lucky to have tons of wild turtles in NC, but that also means lots that are sick or injured. NCSU has a fantastic turtle rescue program within their veterinary school. They take in sick/injured box and...
I have been keeping my 13y/o Redfoot in an indoor enclosure since adopting him in late October of last year. NC winter and early spring are unpredictable, with inconsistent and varied temps day to day, but we are rapidly approaching the day that he’ll get to live outside full-time! What...
Any members floating around this broad geographic area? I don’t know anyone IRL who has tortoises, let alone people nearby. It doesn’t make sense to have tortoise playdates for a myriad of reasons, but I’d still like to share the tort love with the humans! Maybe get togethers where all the torts...
I’ve read many posts that mention ramps in torts’ enclosures, but I’ve only seen pics of ramps for little guys. As I imagine trying to add a ramp for my 10” redfoot, it seems like it would have to take up the entire enclosure! To get any height, the run would have to be quite long, and then...
Hello fellow lovers of the half-shell! I recently adopted the criminally adorable Libbon, a 13 year old male RF. He is everything I hoped for in a little monster and more (I can’t help gushing). Libbon is very friendly captive-bred, and has had one owner his whole life. He has been SO LOVED...