We have 6 yo male sulcata (Sully) that we would like to rehome.
We work long hours and cannot give him the time and attention he deserves, like we used to. We live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We would like him to find a home that has plenty of outdoor space with a family that can give him plenty...
We have 6 yo male sulcata (Sully) that we would like to rehome.
We work long hours and cannot give him the time and attention he deserves, like we used to. We live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We would like him to find a home that has plenty of outdoor space with a family that can give him plenty...
I am sorry to hear of your sad loss. I hear of tortoisesflipping over all the time. I am wondering how long us "too long" for a tortoise to be on its back before it becomes a potentially fatal accident? Does it depend on the type of tortoise or the age of the tortoise? Forgive me for all of my...
I just recently bought some DE to help with our huge ant problem. We were able to purchase it at our local feed store. We were informed that it would have no ill side effects on our torts. We were also told that it will only kill off insects that have exoskeletal bodies such as ants, fleas, and...
Both my front yard and my back yard are constantly getting changed due to my getting bored easily with "same 'ol" stuff. My husband does a lot of landscaping for his business so I see so many cool ideas and want to incorporate them in our yard. We just changed our entire back yard last summer...
I would have to agree with you on keeping the already big government at bay. I wish there was some way to stop senseless cruelty to any animal.
I sure hope this sad little tortoise finds its way into a sensible and caring home.
I'm wondering, when someone is openly selling a tortoise in that condition, can the humane society, animal control, or even the ASPCA do anything about the situation? If a pet owner is starving a dogm or if a horse owner is not keeping their horse on suitable living condition, the law can most...
@ terry allan hall, thanks for the link. Just before I read your response, my hubby commented on hoping to find something that we could use with solar power.
@ lynnedit, thanks for the input. We do have plenty of shade areas and are currently growing plenty of ground cover plants for her to...
I share an interest with you, Blake; I too, collect old coins and monies from around the world. I also collect hot air balloon pins (a popular thing to collect when you live in Albuquerque). And I also collect minerals, gems, and fossils.
My husband plans to have the outdoor enclosure covered with coop type wire on a hinged lid so while we are out and during the night, the pen area would be safe from predators. I would still like to know what type of outdoor heat sources would be good and how to keep the wiring safe.
Soon, we won't have to worry about low temps as New Mexico weather will quickly get into the 100s with night time temps dropping only into the 80s, so its just this crazy interim period that I'm concerned about. We do not have any sort of outdoor heating (other than natural sun source); what...
Tom, i'm the "albuquerque-an" so I live in the high altitude desert climate. We are expected to be hitting the 90s later this week, but our weather is a total hit or miss during Spring or Fall. Yesterday started out beautiful and we almost took our tortoise out for the day but we decided...
We have been taking our 4yr old Russian outside to enjoy the sun as much as possible, however, our weather has not yet stabilized to a steady warm temp, so we bring her back in just before dark. She seemed fine at first, but lately we have had some afternoon showers or heavy winds so her time...
What great stories. My love for turtles started when I was around 11. My father would ask my brotherand I to checkthe lawn for turtles before he mowed. We lived in Missouri at that time and our lawn was huge. We would gather the turtles in a big box (which is where I thought the term "box...
Now that's a gorgeous outdoor set up! I would have to build an indoor greenhouse to get an outdoor set up like that. I live in the desert so our green looks like brown! Your set up is very beautiful.
I know it has been asked before, but can a tortoise be over fed? We were feeding our 4 yr old female Rt once early morning and once in the early evening (she would be glad to also have in-between eatings). Now that it has been warming up outside, she also eats the weeds in her pen. Should we...
My 4 year old RT, Mila, loves to be out in the sun. In fact, if we let Mila run around outside in her pen, she spends very little time in her cave. She won't try to burrow in her cave or under ground plants until late dusk. And, if we have let Mila outside but the weather starts to change so we...
Wow! Beautiful! I would love to keep darts, as frogs are my absolute favorite things; but they are "too fragile" as my husband says, and since I love to handle all of our animals, the only frogs i'm allowed to keep are the bull frogs we catch and put in our pond. Wonderful pictures!
Thats a great name! We let one of our sonsname his first Russian tortoise. My son was only 7 years old at the time so we expected a rather silly child name to come from him. We told him to give it a day or two to see if the tortoise's personality would help in choosing a name. Sure enough, two...