Jolly Tort Girl
New Member
Good Afternoon.
I'm glad to be here and have enjoyed looking at all the pictures of everyone's beautiful torts (and chameleons). I've loved tortoises since I was a little girl, and kept box turtles and aquatics years ago. I live in South Central Kansas. I'm finally getting to have tortoises and am so excited. I've been doing lots of "homework" to make sure I'm getting everything set up correctly, and joining this forum is part of that process. It will be nice to post pics, etc., to people who share my interest instead of the usual response I get "You're adopting a what?" Hopefully next weekend I'll be able to go pick up my first Redfoot from his current family. His outside set up was nice, but they couldn't do much inside to expand his area for winter as he grew, so they wanted to rehome him for his own comfort. Then a couple of weeks later, my mom is bringing me a little Russian that was on Craig's List from a lady whose daughter is ready for a different pet. She's currently housed in a 10 gallon aquarium so the dogs won't get her from what I understand. I have a really good sized sunroom for moderate weather and summer nights, a good backyard for weekend and summer evening grazing with supervision (I don't trust our neighbors' dogs, and occasionally they do get out of the fence), and for winter we have a big storage room and laundry room that are heated and I can set up something with a good amount of space and heat lamps, UVB, etc. So hopefully they will be happy being part of our family. I'd like to get them each a companion of their species as well (everyone needs someone who speaks their language and a best friend - except my pixie frog who will eat other frogs and anything else that moves). In time I'd like to get leopards and perhaps rescue a couple of sulcatas. I admire the big aldabras, too. Who knows, maybe they will be part of the picture eventually.
I'm an engineer at a community college, mother of 4 -ages 13 - 24, and grandmother of the 2 sweetest little boys in the whole wide world. Thank you for letting me join the group and I look forward to getting to know everyone.
I'm glad to be here and have enjoyed looking at all the pictures of everyone's beautiful torts (and chameleons). I've loved tortoises since I was a little girl, and kept box turtles and aquatics years ago. I live in South Central Kansas. I'm finally getting to have tortoises and am so excited. I've been doing lots of "homework" to make sure I'm getting everything set up correctly, and joining this forum is part of that process. It will be nice to post pics, etc., to people who share my interest instead of the usual response I get "You're adopting a what?" Hopefully next weekend I'll be able to go pick up my first Redfoot from his current family. His outside set up was nice, but they couldn't do much inside to expand his area for winter as he grew, so they wanted to rehome him for his own comfort. Then a couple of weeks later, my mom is bringing me a little Russian that was on Craig's List from a lady whose daughter is ready for a different pet. She's currently housed in a 10 gallon aquarium so the dogs won't get her from what I understand. I have a really good sized sunroom for moderate weather and summer nights, a good backyard for weekend and summer evening grazing with supervision (I don't trust our neighbors' dogs, and occasionally they do get out of the fence), and for winter we have a big storage room and laundry room that are heated and I can set up something with a good amount of space and heat lamps, UVB, etc. So hopefully they will be happy being part of our family. I'd like to get them each a companion of their species as well (everyone needs someone who speaks their language and a best friend - except my pixie frog who will eat other frogs and anything else that moves). In time I'd like to get leopards and perhaps rescue a couple of sulcatas. I admire the big aldabras, too. Who knows, maybe they will be part of the picture eventually.
I'm an engineer at a community college, mother of 4 -ages 13 - 24, and grandmother of the 2 sweetest little boys in the whole wide world. Thank you for letting me join the group and I look forward to getting to know everyone.
Sounds like you did good on your home work with have the good space for them winter and summer. As for the friends part, well, most species do not need or want a friend. Russians are a big one that does not want or need a friend. Red foots do better then most in groups. Groups of three or more are always better then a pair and if they are old enough to sex, one male to two or more females is the better ratio.
