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this forum for about a month and I LOVE IT! 
I honestly feel like I know you all and your tortie-kids. My son said, "Mom, why don't you talk to them?" lol...so here I am~
A little background on me: (since I know about everyone else...lol~) My boys have allergies and the one has asthma, so nothing furry, feathery, or fluffy for us. We tried all of the 'non-allergenic' animals and everysingle one had issues with one or the other. We had 2 little Greeks about 7 years ago - Laverne & Shirley - found out later that Laverne was actually a 'Vern' and WOULDN'T leave poor Shirley alone! I would put them outside in the grass in their little fenced in pen and check on them every few minutes. The one time I looked out and they both were GONE! I was totally frantic! We live in WNY in a suburb where there are animals, but our yard is fully fenced with chainlink and it is sunk underground. We also have some large birds - hawks, eagles...but I refuse to think about that. I was so upset, crying, called my parents (yah...30ish years old calling for daddy...) and my dad came over and helped me look. We had just relandscaped our whole back yard with fresh mulch. We tore through the bushes and scooped out all of the new mulch to find Shirley tucked under an arborvite bush, but we never found La'vern'e. They both had very different personalities - Shirley would never venture far from me when she was out exercising...but Laverne was like "See Ya!" and would take off the opposite way of wherever I was. I called the breeder where I got them from in Albany and he told me that it is very likely that he climbed the fence because he had an 18" tort scale his fence and cross 2 busy streets to be found in a lady's garden! Put flyers in all the mailboxes in a 1mile radius of our home...actually saw people looking under their bushes for us which was wonderful, but no luck. So we had Shirley. I actually would've thought that she would be completely EXSTATIC that he was no longer ramming her and stressing her, but it was totally the opposite. She was miserable! Lonely, I believe. It was so sad to see her so mopey...I knew of a girl from the local fish store that had a couple torts so I went to see her. She took Shirley and she has been living with her little Greek and they are both very happy together.
So! Seeing as though the weather here is as crazy as it is, we decided to get a little redfoot. The size will be perfect to be in the house ~ Sulcata's would be out of the question here, (our whole family loves Bob!) and we wanted to have one large enough to wander the house for exercise each day - dog~like!
So on 2/23, little Ollie was delivered! (Oliver, if he ends up being a boy, Olive, if she winds up a girl! Fingers crossed for girl please! I saw enough 'flashing' to last me a lifetime with Laverne!!! lol!)
So, yah, I tend to get a bit long winded at times, but I just wanted to say 'hi' and thank you all for the information, and the entertainment in here! You all are a RIOT!
I honestly feel like I know you all and your tortie-kids.
My son said, "Mom, why don't you talk to them?" lol...so here I am~A little background on me: (since I know about everyone else...lol~) My boys have allergies and the one has asthma, so nothing furry, feathery, or fluffy for us. We tried all of the 'non-allergenic' animals and everysingle one had issues with one or the other. We had 2 little Greeks about 7 years ago - Laverne & Shirley - found out later that Laverne was actually a 'Vern' and WOULDN'T leave poor Shirley alone! I would put them outside in the grass in their little fenced in pen and check on them every few minutes. The one time I looked out and they both were GONE! I was totally frantic! We live in WNY in a suburb where there are animals, but our yard is fully fenced with chainlink and it is sunk underground. We also have some large birds - hawks, eagles...but I refuse to think about that. I was so upset, crying, called my parents (yah...30ish years old calling for daddy...
) and my dad came over and helped me look. We had just relandscaped our whole back yard with fresh mulch. We tore through the bushes and scooped out all of the new mulch to find Shirley tucked under an arborvite bush, but we never found La'vern'e. They both had very different personalities - Shirley would never venture far from me when she was out exercising...but Laverne was like "See Ya!" and would take off the opposite way of wherever I was. I called the breeder where I got them from in Albany and he told me that it is very likely that he climbed the fence because he had an 18" tort scale his fence and cross 2 busy streets to be found in a lady's garden! Put flyers in all the mailboxes in a 1mile radius of our home...actually saw people looking under their bushes for us which was wonderful, but no luck. So we had Shirley. I actually would've thought that she would be completely EXSTATIC that he was no longer ramming her and stressing her, but it was totally the opposite. She was miserable! Lonely, I believe. It was so sad to see her so mopey...I knew of a girl from the local fish store that had a couple torts so I went to see her. She took Shirley and she has been living with her little Greek and they are both very happy together.So! Seeing as though the weather here is as crazy as it is, we decided to get a little redfoot. The size will be perfect to be in the house ~ Sulcata's would be out of the question here, (our whole family loves Bob!) and we wanted to have one large enough to wander the house for exercise each day - dog~like!
So on 2/23, little Ollie was delivered! (Oliver, if he ends up being a boy, Olive, if she winds up a girl! Fingers crossed for girl please! I saw enough 'flashing' to last me a lifetime with Laverne!!! lol!)
So, yah, I tend to get a bit long winded at times, but I just wanted to say 'hi' and thank you all for the information, and the entertainment in here! You all are a RIOT!
