HermannNamedSheldon
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Hi all,
I am looking for some advice. As of next September, I will be starting college, and it has raised concerns about my ability to keep caring for my tort.
The number one concern is providing an adequate enclosure. I will be moving into the city, thus an apartment, and given the expense of living in Dublin, I will have to share with others. This will restrict indoor space available for Shelly, and most likely mean having no outdoor space at all during term. Availability of the right foods is also a problem: currently I live in the countryside and can gather the right kind of food from the garden, but obviously I won't be able to do this in the city.
Apart from this, there is the fact that I will have to spend at least a year abroad as part of my degree, and I can't think of anyone whom I could ask to care for her in that time- plenty of people are willing, but certainly wouldn't be knowledgable, and ,in a number of cases, reliable enough that I would allow them to.
So, I am wondering if perhaps it's time to rehome her? There's a lot of uncertainty about what situation I'll be in after college (currently I am planning to join the army, which would also leave me unable to care for her, but that is not definite, and several years away).
I'm just not sure that I can care for her properly in the future, and think that perhaps she may be better off in a new home.
(She is a 9 year old Hermann, if this is of any relevance.)
Thanks in advance!
I am looking for some advice. As of next September, I will be starting college, and it has raised concerns about my ability to keep caring for my tort.
The number one concern is providing an adequate enclosure. I will be moving into the city, thus an apartment, and given the expense of living in Dublin, I will have to share with others. This will restrict indoor space available for Shelly, and most likely mean having no outdoor space at all during term. Availability of the right foods is also a problem: currently I live in the countryside and can gather the right kind of food from the garden, but obviously I won't be able to do this in the city.
Apart from this, there is the fact that I will have to spend at least a year abroad as part of my degree, and I can't think of anyone whom I could ask to care for her in that time- plenty of people are willing, but certainly wouldn't be knowledgable, and ,in a number of cases, reliable enough that I would allow them to.
So, I am wondering if perhaps it's time to rehome her? There's a lot of uncertainty about what situation I'll be in after college (currently I am planning to join the army, which would also leave me unable to care for her, but that is not definite, and several years away).
I'm just not sure that I can care for her properly in the future, and think that perhaps she may be better off in a new home.
(She is a 9 year old Hermann, if this is of any relevance.)
Thanks in advance!