I wanted to post this once I knew Andrea was good and all was well so here it is...
this was one of the coldest winters Arizona has ever seen and my big boy made it through! he is happy and healthy and eating us out of house and home as usual! thank you all for reassuring me he would be okay...
so this weekend Arizona did not have it's normal weather at all! it rained all weekend and stayed cold pretty much the whole time. I went home on Sunday morning to visit my parents and see how Andrea had been doing while I was away and if he had come out of his hole yet and lets just say it was...
hi everyone I'm so worried about Andrea he started hibernating (which I know is unusual for sulcatas) before Arizona decided to turn into the North Pole! We obviously haven't seen him in a while which we are very used to at this time of year but I'm getting worried since there is no extra heat...
alright so I live in Phoenix, Arizona so it is a very hot dry climate for most of the year! Andrea has been living outside since he was about 4 years old so yeah most of his life! He he does have some rubbing and scratches on the top of his shell due to the fact that he has dug a large burrow in...
Andrea is my 14 year old sulcata tortoise! I got him when I was 5 years old and now I'm almost 20! i realize Andrea is a really unfortunate name for a male tortoise but I was five and named him before we knew his sex. I would have changed his name but it was too late and he was already...
oh how cute! I miss having a tortoise that size! Andrea is no officially 120 pounds or about 54 kg and takes over my whole backyard! have fun watching him grow!
Andrea: 14 years