Greetings from Greece!

[ImMel]

Hello fellows, today as i was walking on my garden i found a little tortoise on the ground. I picked it up and i thought of keeping it. After finding a small aquarium i had for few years i tried to create a neat place for the little guy. I filled it up with dirt and i planted some vegetation just to emulate the enviroment of my garden.

I feel so greatfull i found a forum dedicated to those magnificent species. I have no idea what kind of tortoise is but i assume its a greek tortoise??

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi Mel, and welcome to the Forum!

Take a walk around your garden and see if you can find anymore babies. Most of them lay at least 4 eggs at a time, sometimes more. It's quite possible a bird dropped the baby in your garden, but if it's not fenced, it could be that the mother actually made her nest in there.

We have a good care sheet for Greek tortoises pinned at the top of our Greek section.

 

[Speedy-1]

Hi and welcome !

 

[dmmj]

salutations. Enjoy your visits to the forum.

 

[ImMel]

Hi Mel, and welcome to the Forum!

Take a walk around your garden and see if you can find anymore babies. Most of them lay at least 4 eggs at a time, sometimes more. It's quite possible a bird dropped the baby in your garden, but if it's not fenced, it could be that the mother actually made her nest in there.

We have a good care sheet for Greek tortoises pinned at the top of our Greek section.

We saw a tortoise few weeks ago and we left it alone in the garder. Probably she is the mother
The garden has tons of vegetation since we didnt took care of it but i will take a look and see if i can find any other tortoises

 

[Lyn W]

Hi and welcome.
You have found the best place for up to date information on the internet.
But just a thought - I've no idea about the tortoise laws anywhere in the world, but are you allowed to take them out of the wild in Greece? I'm sure a more informed member will be able to answer this.
I only ask because in some countries or parts of US it's not, and once they have been kept as pets I think I've read here that they can't be released back.
Hope it's all OK for you and that you are ready for the long haul as it should outlive you!!
Good luck!

 

[Grandpa Turtle 144]

Hello

 

[Kapidolo Farms]

That is a good idea to use sticks to break up the visual line of sight through the glass. Welcome.

 

[ImMel]

Hi and welcome.
You have found the best place for up to date information on the internet.
But just a thought - I've no idea about the tortoise laws anywhere in the world, but are you allowed to take them out of the wild in Greece? I'm sure a more informed member will be able to answer this.
I only ask because in some countries or parts of US it's not, and once they have been kept as pets I think I've read here that they can't be released back.
Hope it's all OK for you and that you are ready for the long haul as it should outlive you!!
Good luck!

This law is for protected animals only. None would even care acout a tortoise. Actually none would give a dman even if i took a unicorn

That is a good idea to use sticks to break up the visual line of sight through the glass. Welcome.

Thats what i thought but he could see through them so i had to stick a sheet of A4 on the glass.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Hello and a very warm welcome to Tortoise Forum.
Three species of Testudo can be found in Greece, the Greek, Hermann's and Marginated.
I think yours is a Greek, but i'm not sure from your slightly blurred photo and my rubbish id skills!!!
have a look at http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/beginner-mistakes.45180/
to begin and then http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/greek-tortoise-testudo-graeca-care-sheet-overview.87146/
which is pretty much the same as for the other species.

 

[Tort Love]

Hi and welcome

 

[Carol S]

Welcome to the Forum.

 

[WithLisa]

This law is for protected animals only.

Greece is a member state of the EU and that means you are not allowed to take endangered species from the wild and keep them as pets.
Testudo graeca is protected by law. Every pet tortoise has to have paperworks and a photo documentation to make sure they were not captured illegally.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Welcome