Glad to see this thread. I am in socal too (Costa Mesa), and am so nervous about the hibernation thing. I have a 70 yr old DT. The rescue coordinator said she stops feeding (besides grazing grasses) in November and waits until the end of November when the night temps get down low enough to put...
Congrats on your new girl :) We love our DT!
I am in the Costa Mesa area and we just brought home a 70 year old DT. He has a large area in our backyard and sleeps in his "house", in his pen, every night. This is our first tortoise, so I don't know how we will do the hibernation. That I need...
This is our small rescue RES. We are keeping him/her. He is so afraid when he sees me, and then has this surprised look when I don't hurt him and he gets food. Poor guy :(
Watching me ;)
This is the big girl. My friend is taking her because they have a larger pond.
Thanks for...
I took some pictures of the "old man" and the Red Eared Sliders today. The turtles were a surprise when the Tortoise Rescue heard I had a pond! I had done all this research on tortoises, so I have had some learning to do on the turtles ;) I was happy to help though. Both were saved from dogs...
I really don't know much about her past. She was rescued far from water, with dogs attacking her :( She looks to be in good shape, just some light colored spots on her shell. The rescuer whom I got our DT from doesn't normally do turtle rescue so when she heard I had a pond, she asked me to take...
The larger (and obviously female) rescue we have in our pond has laid an egg! The rescuer did tell me that she probably needed to lay them. But I know nothing about turtle eggs! Do turtles lay un-fertilized eggs on a regular basis? Do I need to do anything to help? This egg I found was cracked...
When we went down to the resce for our new DT, I was looking at all of the fosters in their pens, listening to the rescue lady tell us about each of them. The next thing I knew, the "old man" saw my bright pink toenail polish and took a bite! I felt like HE picked me :P
That was my first show LOL! And that's me :) No handler. I personally think it's more fun to show with your dog rather than watch someone else do it... we have fun ;)
When I was down picking up our Old Man (DT), the rescue lady had just received two RES. She remembered that we have a pond, and asked if we would take them and I can't say no :P They are doing very well in the pond. They bask on the pump line, so I am going to get a floating basking area...
This is Hudson, our 6 month old Mastiff (my show dog!)
Reserve Winners Dog at our first show!
Apollo, 2 year old Mastiff
Norman, 1 year old Bengal mix rescue (thinks he is a dog)
His lobster hat LOL
Baby Girl, 5 year old DSH rescue
We also have an Oscar fish. He is...
He is a Desert Tortoise... but he doesn't have a name yet. We adopted him from the San Diego turtle rescue and they said he is approx. 70 years old. He is the sweetest thing, and so full of personality :D He is eating and doing great... he settled in so quickly!
When he first came...
Well, our old man came home yesterday!!!! We went down to the SD rescue and brought home a 70 year old Desert Tortoise :D He is awesome! So much personality and he settled in very well. I am going to take some pictures tonight and give him his own thread. Thanks again for everyone's advice, and...
Thanks Yvonne. I am only planning to keep one species for now, so it's either the Russian or the Desert :) We are going to rescue one or two. They have lots of orphans needing homes! I am so excited for our new "kids" :)