Gotro17
Member
Hello and Happy New Year (God wiling 
) Everyone!
My name is Shellee and we live in Thousand Oaks, California (Southern Cal, about 10 miles as the crow flies from Malibu and nearly equidistant from Santa Barbara to the north and Los Angeles to the south). I got my first leopard tortoise, Turbo, in 1993. He is alive and kicking and absolutely my first love. Over the years we have tried adding to our crew and have been met with everything from tragic luck to even theft for ransom (of Turbo!). We currently have one other male who is about 7 years old and his name is Peanut. Within the month we hope to add a little female for Peanut from another member here on the forum. My late father and I shared our love of reptiles and tortoises and now my 10 year old daughter is currently in the midst of 'researching' the species since she's declared she wants her own. If I could, I'd buy her a million babies on the spot but there is a lot she needs to learn first. She has read through @Tom s care guide and is making a list of practices to master and supplies she needs. @Markw84 is starting an enclosure for us and @Gijoux has some babies waiting to be 'ready'. Much has changed since I brought Turbo home from a reptile show so long ago, but we are looking forward to learning more from all the experience on here and hope to share some of our own. Cheers to great Tortoise times together!
Shellee
) Everyone!My name is Shellee and we live in Thousand Oaks, California (Southern Cal, about 10 miles as the crow flies from Malibu and nearly equidistant from Santa Barbara to the north and Los Angeles to the south). I got my first leopard tortoise, Turbo, in 1993. He is alive and kicking and absolutely my first love. Over the years we have tried adding to our crew and have been met with everything from tragic luck to even theft for ransom (of Turbo!). We currently have one other male who is about 7 years old and his name is Peanut. Within the month we hope to add a little female for Peanut from another member here on the forum. My late father and I shared our love of reptiles and tortoises and now my 10 year old daughter is currently in the midst of 'researching' the species since she's declared she wants her own. If I could, I'd buy her a million babies on the spot but there is a lot she needs to learn first. She has read through @Tom s care guide and is making a list of practices to master and supplies she needs. @Markw84 is starting an enclosure for us and @Gijoux has some babies waiting to be 'ready'. Much has changed since I brought Turbo home from a reptile show so long ago, but we are looking forward to learning more from all the experience on here and hope to share some of our own. Cheers to great Tortoise times together!
Shellee
