Chloe out in 30 degree weather!

[acrantophis]

This is our girl Chloe. Freezing temps can't keep her from her kale breakfast!

 

[waterboy]

You should knit her a sweater. Wait that wont help a cold blooded animal

 

[shellibelli72]

This is our girl Chloe. Freezing temps can't keep her from her kale breakfast!

Wow, Chloe is a beauty! How old is she?

 

[wellington]

Nice tort. But you could have put her food in that little stripe of sunshine

 

[Len B]

Chloe is very nice looking, Does she stay out long when the temps are cold ? I think it is amazing how well the retain body heat when it's cold, especially when the sun is shining.

 

[Jacqui]

She is a lovely animal. How long did she stay out?

 

[acrantophis]

Wow! Thanks everybody! She is just under 5 years old. She is 19" plastron length and 55 lbs. She has been outside for 3 years. She will come out for a few laps and then go back in her house to warm up. She will do this all day in the winter time. I building an enclosure extension that will wrap around the side of the house. She will have a lovely stretch of grass to graze on.

 

[Urtle]

Shes very nice im amazed shes only 5 years old. Your excellent care must have helped

 

[Moozillion]

You should knit her a sweater. Wait that wont help a cold blooded animal

Ha ha!

 

[acrantophis]

Shes very nice im amazed shes only 5 years old. Your excellent care must have helped

Thanks! I have to say that her growth was good when she was kept indoors. But once outside in the so.cal sun and on mazuri pellets with every other meal she out grew her 15'x10' pen in three years.

 

[mainey34]

Very nice...

 

[sibi]

That's amazing. She looks healthy enough, but I'd be afraid that she'd get a cold one day. Thanks for sharing.

 

[KingInCulver]

She is beautiful! I love her thick hind legs, so cute!

 

[Tom]

She's gorgeous. My adults do the same thing. Out for a bite and then back in the warm house.

 

[Irwin4530]

Lovely girl!
You know we would like to see some
before and after shots of her enclosure!