Female Sulcata

[Bow]

http://vancouver.kijiji.ca/c-pets-other-pets-for-sale-African-spurred-tortoise-W0QQAdIdZ355006508


She's not my tortoise. Anyone in Canada looking for sulcata?

 

[Jacob]

Looks Pyramided.

 

[Bow]

Bryce says I'm not allowed to get a tortoise that "looks funny" he thinks she has MBD... I feel so sorry for her.

 

[DanaLachney]

Looks badly pyramided :-(

 

[Bow]

I'm going to email. Then stare at my Mother pitifully until she's convinced to let me rescue maimed tortoise...

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She's yet another victim of "they don't need water". I don't think I have the experience to fix her. Anybody else in BC?

 

[SulcataSquirt]

pyramided tortoises need love too...

 

[Laura]

only reply if you have expereince? i think THEY need that.. poor thing has probably never seen the sun...

 

[Bow]

only reply if you have expereince? i think THEY need that.. poor thing has probably never seen the sun...

He's a self proclaimed "expert" I'm having a hard time not tearing a strip off him. She doesn't have proper lighting, lives in a 40 gallon breeder, enclosure is kept very dry,and she's only soaked twice a week...

I'd get her but sadly I'm going off to school, and though Walter will be happy without an acreage I wouldn't feel right keeping a sulcata in a small yard. I keep trying to think of elaborate ways to keep her, none of them seem plausible.

 

[jojodesca]

Looks Pyramided.

extremely bad pyramiding

 

[l0velesly]

Looks like MBD. Poor thing Someone needs to save her!

 

[dmmj]

That's a bad case of MBD, most likely has never seen the sun, it will need lots of calcium and sunshine.

 

[Bow]

Is there a chance that it would be able to get back to 'normal' with proper care? It's still quite small. My latest insane plan is to have her live in Dads sun room through winter and fence off a chunk of the back yard for summer... If anyone is in Canada and wants her I'd be happy to try to help get her to you. I'm going to see my Grandma and will be right around where she is. I'm supposed to get more pictures in the morning, I'll try to post them.

 

[dmmj]

she won't ever be normal, she can make improvements, but she will never look or be normal, but she can live a good life with some proper care.

 

[TotallyTank]

it just breaks my heart

 

[Bow]

Emailed asking for pictures and apparently she sold... I have a feeling she might have gone to "a better place".

 

[TotallyTank]

Makes you wish you could find out who got her and give her this website!!! Hope she went to someone who will research an learn to care for her.

 

[Bow]

Makes you wish you could find out who got her and give her this website!!! Hope she went to someone who will research an learn to care for her.

I hope whoever rescued her isn't going to listen to the past owner.