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Fun!
Mixed feelings. The smaller tortoises got the shaft, small enclosures and if they were "desert" tortoises, they had no water and just sand. I tried telling the workers there, but there were only teenage volunteers who were there clearly for required volunteer hours instead of for the animals. I didn't get very far.
Maybe an email to the zoo?
A couple of the Egyptian torts had some pyramiding, but most of the torts looked ok. Active. Some of the smaller species were being housed with a lizard or two, which I wasn't too happy about.
Two torts live with a peacock in an outdoor pen. The peacock showed off its feathers to anyone who walked by. As for the torts, the male was focused entirely on the female, if you know what I mean!
The Aldabras however (they have 4! living with 2 marginateds, I think) had plenty of room, water, are being fed a proper diet, and they look healthy. I was really, really happy with their setup. The zookeepers know about aggression between torts and have separated them from the ones they didn't get along with. They have warm room for them when the temp drops too much. The tortoises were very comfortable with the zookeepers, eating out of their hands and enjoying some petting. I'll have a couple pics of the torts hopefully by tomorrow - my sister has them and has to email them
Mixed feelings. The smaller tortoises got the shaft, small enclosures and if they were "desert" tortoises, they had no water and just sand. I tried telling the workers there, but there were only teenage volunteers who were there clearly for required volunteer hours instead of for the animals. I didn't get very far.
Maybe an email to the zoo?A couple of the Egyptian torts had some pyramiding, but most of the torts looked ok. Active. Some of the smaller species were being housed with a lizard or two, which I wasn't too happy about.
Two torts live with a peacock in an outdoor pen. The peacock showed off its feathers to anyone who walked by. As for the torts, the male was focused entirely on the female, if you know what I mean!
The Aldabras however (they have 4! living with 2 marginateds, I think) had plenty of room, water, are being fed a proper diet, and they look healthy. I was really, really happy with their setup. The zookeepers know about aggression between torts and have separated them from the ones they didn't get along with. They have warm room for them when the temp drops too much. The tortoises were very comfortable with the zookeepers, eating out of their hands and enjoying some petting. I'll have a couple pics of the torts hopefully by tomorrow - my sister has them and has to email them
