Tamihealey5163
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I myself am an urban tortoise owner! Although I don't carry him upright...my Sully goes on outings with me ALL the time! We walk to the park every day...we go to the ocean...he LOVES going to the beach! We've gone to music in the park where he gets a different type of exercise that the park provides cuz the terrain is hilly-er for him to get his exercise on those legs and he gets to climb over small overturned logs in the forest type setting. If we go downtown to music on the square he likes to lay on the toasty warm cement and soon enough i find him sleeping in that famous "L" position we've all grown to love. Just as some people may comment how do we know if they.re happy? I respond, how do you know they are not? My torty has been a beautiful source of public education and awareness since i got him at 4 weeks old. He's the most spoiled...perfectly fed... 6 year old shell baby! If this is all her shell baby knows then who are we to state that it is not happy. My vet...a tortoise specialist(i lucked out there!) Knows of my living arrangement and husbandry practices and said I've got a BEAUTIFUL example of a sulcata and is in Supreme health! So, although I agree that maybe the carrier isn't appropriate for long periods of time...My hats off to her for enjoying her shell baby and for being smart enough to at least write into this forum so she can make the best educated decision for herself and her young one