Thomas tortoise
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If you can not keep him I'm sure a lot of people on this site are willing to give him a good home... The pet stores are just not really fond of taking care of tortoises. And they are not willing to tell people they don't know how to care for tortoises and most of the time they give you unhealthy tortoises and bad advise!Please be kind - I have never owned a pet.
Don't want to get lost in details -- I really think the sulcata was the wrong pet for us at this point in time.
My 11-yo wanted a pet and we bought a 4 month old sulcata from our local pet store in the first week of January of this year.
Is there an option for someone else taking the tortoise before it dies under our (lack of proper) care? Is it customary to pay the person who is willing to assume responsibility for our unfortunately nonsupportive choices?
As far as the tortoise's health -- it has gotten less and less active as the weeks go by. We have been soaking it and it was pooping for a couple weeks. Then it started to lose interest in eating and pooping has been less frequent, unless it is pooping in its enclosure and I don't notice.
I've searched through the threads here on tortoise forum -- just so many variables, and with my lack of experience on top of how scared I am of killing the little guy, I just think ... if someone else was able to rehabilitate it in an already-established environment. I feel really strongly that this is just not something we are going to be able to pull off in time to save this tortoise's life!
TIA for any options for relocating our friend!