Betty One Year Update- come back kid

[Kerryann]

When we first got betty she was in a hampster cage on crushed walnut and alfalfa. She had no lights other than a red heating lamp. Here is her first night home:

This is after we gave her a new house. I thought she was perfect but you can see her shell deformity and her beak is wayyyy too long. I thought she was absolutely perfect :

Her shell dented in around her irregular growth

My cutest monkey

She came home between Christmas and new year.
Here she is tonight a year and a month later. Her shell is not perfect but it's smooth and she is starting to grow properly. Her beak is trimmed though her bottom beak still has a deformity. She is still absolutely perfect.. She has grown almost 2 inches.

Henry wants everyone to know he has been with us since March and has grown over an inch.

 

[Momof4]

Betty looks amazing!!

 

[luvpetz27]

Wow! What a change!! She looks sooo much better!! She is precious!
Oh, Henry looks great too!

 

[CtTortoiseMom]

Wow, what an improvement! They are both beautiful!

 

[cemmons12]

Yeah, she is really looking good, lucky you got her and got things going in the right direction! Great job, and he looks good also.

 

[Kerryann]

Thanks everyone. Having them both has been so amazing. They are both so full of personalities. After the soak I put them back in their cages and started making dinner. I was chopping veggies and henry was knocking on the wall of his enclosure frantically. Bettuce ran up on top of her hide and launched herself at the side of her enclosure. I had to give them a snack for fear that they were going to hurt themselves.
Anyone ever seen a flying tortoise? man to have a camera ready then. She was fine other than being mad at me like I threw her.

 

[Redstrike]

What an improvement, glad to see that tortoise in a good home. Well done!

 

[DesertGrandma]

Wow is right. What a transformation. Betty looks beautiful.

 

[wellington]

Great job. She looks like she is well fed The way her shell looked when you first got her was really different. Like someone put a smaller shell on top of a bigger shell. Looks much better today. Great job with both of them. I think you need to set up a motion camera. I want to see The Great Flying Mad Tortoise.

 

[Kerryann]

Great job. She looks like she is well fed The way her shell looked when you first got her was really different. Like someone put a smaller shell on top of a bigger shell. Looks much better today. Great job with both of them. I think you need to set up a motion camera. I want to see The Great Flying Mad Tortoise.

I used to have dog webcams but they just slept and occasionally scratched all day. I need to get some for the torts.
I feed her a huge variety of greens. I try to change it up weekly using both high and lower nutritional greens with calcium powder two or three times a week. I also put calcium blocks in their cages.
I knew she looked better but was absolutely horrified and amazed when I found her first pics. I was so upset when someone told me her beak was too long. Then I put rocks in as recommended by the forum and her beak broke on the sides. I rushed her to the vet haha. He told me she was fine. She broke it again and I rushed her back again
I am less of a spaz now.

 

[wellington]

I here ya. I think almost all of us were spaz in the beginning. Nice that we aren't ever alone, when it comes to these guys.

 

[terryo]

What a difference some love and the proper care can do. You have two beautiful animals.

 

[AZtortMom]

Wow! She looks great! I too would love to see video of the flying turtle

 

[sibi]

Kerryann, you're amazing! What a difference loving care makes, ay? Love to hear these types of stories. Betsy IS perfect!!!!! So is Henry.=D

 

[marcy4hope]

this is great! she looks wonderful.

 

[Kerryann]

She was so tiny like a baby back then too. She's my big girl now. She already outgrew the first hide I bought her, now she is having to stuff herself in her current hide. I can't believe how tiny she was back then. I'd like to go back in time and resmooch her little tiny face and tell her it would all be okay.

 

[shelloise]

What an incredible difference a loving home and knowledge made for her, it is so nice to hear successful outcomes.