Yesterday I got a call from a guy who lives out in the country and found a tortoise in his yard he wanted me to pick up.
So today I drive out there and get the tortoise. Its a female Russian and what a big girl she is! She's 7" long. I didn't weigh her yet and my camera batteries need to be recharged, but I'll give you all the specifics when I take pictures of her. I already have Fat Betty, who is the largest Russian I've ever seen, and I have a large male that I'm pretty sure is the same sub species as Fat Betty. And now I have Big Bertha. Of course, I have to try to find Bertha's previous owner, but if no one claims her, I think I'll keep her. I'm going to have Danny i.d. all of my russians and I'm only going to keep one sub species. But so far they're too wiggly and too poopy to take pictures of. I'm going to try to find them real early in the morning when they're cold. Maybe I'll have better luck getting them to be still then.
Yvonne
So today I drive out there and get the tortoise. Its a female Russian and what a big girl she is! She's 7" long. I didn't weigh her yet and my camera batteries need to be recharged, but I'll give you all the specifics when I take pictures of her. I already have Fat Betty, who is the largest Russian I've ever seen, and I have a large male that I'm pretty sure is the same sub species as Fat Betty. And now I have Big Bertha. Of course, I have to try to find Bertha's previous owner, but if no one claims her, I think I'll keep her. I'm going to have Danny i.d. all of my russians and I'm only going to keep one sub species. But so far they're too wiggly and too poopy to take pictures of. I'm going to try to find them real early in the morning when they're cold. Maybe I'll have better luck getting them to be still then.
Yvonne