I thought that I'd share this picture as I'm still chuckling whenever I see it even after couple of years.
I let my Russian tortoise outside in my backyard during one summer day. After few hours, she was nowhere to be seen. I looked under the bush, tree, etc. without luck. I have wooden fence around my backyard and I sealed all of the openings under the fence so I'm sure she's still inside my backyard. There was also no sign of digging on the soil, so she can't be aestivating.
Here she was, after searching everywhere for quite a while...
I'd say she climbed a good 4ft vertical in this picture, maybe closer to 5ft before I took her down.
No wonder so many owners lost their tortoises.
I let my Russian tortoise outside in my backyard during one summer day. After few hours, she was nowhere to be seen. I looked under the bush, tree, etc. without luck. I have wooden fence around my backyard and I sealed all of the openings under the fence so I'm sure she's still inside my backyard. There was also no sign of digging on the soil, so she can't be aestivating.
Here she was, after searching everywhere for quite a while...
I'd say she climbed a good 4ft vertical in this picture, maybe closer to 5ft before I took her down.
No wonder so many owners lost their tortoises.
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