Hello! I became a member and have been lurking here for a few months. Currently proud owner of a male RT named Sir Tor who I adopted locally :)
I previously raised an old RES for years but I thought I'd change it up and learn how to raise a tort as well.
I've been learning a lot from this forum...
Hi everyone!
I decided to make an account on this amazing platform (where I already learned a ton during my research, thank you for that!) because today I became the owner of 2 amazing Eastern Hermann's Tortoises (Testudo Hermanni Boettgeri)! I am beyond excited that I was able to adopt these...
Hello lovely people of TortoiseForum! Now that I've been a tort parent for about a week and a half, I think I'm ready to introduce myself and Herman to the tort community!
Herman is an adorable Eastern Hermann's tort (please correct me if I'm wrong ?) that I purchased 10 days ago from...
Hello everyone my name is Cassie,
Thank you for having this amazing forum, My fiance Marcus and I have not had an account, but have used it a ton since as we got our baby Russian Tortoise Franklin in 2018.
Just as a background information, we have currently two enclosures one indoor and one...
Hi all! I found this forum about a month ago when I was researching into tortoise care and I've already learned a ton and love the community here. We just bought a house with a large backyard (large for Mesa, Arizona) and want to get a backyard tortoise. We are going to apply to adopt a Desert...
Hello all, just wanted to introduce myself as a new adoptive tortoise mom to Donatella. She is a 3 year old Western Hermann's tortoise and I have so much to learn so am hoping to do some of that here! Currently Donatella lives in a 3' x 1.5' home that she came in however my friends have just...
Hello Tortoise and Turtle lovers,
My husband and I have always wanted to keep a turtle and we finally had the chance to get one. We have done a lot of research but still appreciate advice from more experienced box turtle parents! A little bit about our new baby:
Her name is Clementine (due to...
always wanted a tortoise but never got one when I was little till I recently had a birthday in November and my boyfriend surprised me with this extremely cute Leopard Tortoise I saw at a pet store and instantly fell in love with him and to my surprise I can now call him mine And welcome my new...
Hi,
my name is Marianna and live in Crete Greece.
3 years ago I got 3 1 year old marginated tortoises, a life long wish came true!.
As our location is very much like their natural habitat, we made them a lovely pen of about 50 m2 on sloping grounds with rocks, natural and planted shrubs and put...