Hi guys. I just joined the forum and am looking forward to meeting everyone and getting advice to make life for my tortoise a little better. Ill start out with a bit aabout myself. My name is Brad Senesac. I am a volunteer firefighter and a full time Paramedic in Kankakee Il wich is located about an hour south of Chicago. I am married with 5 little girls aging 11,9,7,7,and 6. My "zoo" includes 4 dogs, 1 cat, a 15 gallon saltwater aquarium, and Im currently in the process of setting up a 125 gallon marine aquarium. Oh and now for the reason I joined this forum... I have an African Spur Thighed Tortise named spike. We got him a couple weeks before Christmas in 2008. We purchased him from a local pet store for $100.00. He wasn't much bigger than a 50 cent piece, and we quickly discovered he had a respiratory infection and was severely dehydrated about a week after we got him. After a $150.00 vet bill and 2 weeks of antibiotic injections he was a totally different animal and has been growing like a weed ever since. His shell is approximately 7 inches on the bottom from front to back. His home has been a 75 gallon aquarium since we've got him. He has pretty much only eaten romaine lettuce since weve gotten him. Every once in a while we can get him to eat fresh spinach leaves, and carrots but not very often. Now here we are almost 3 years later, I need to get him out of the aquarium and build something else for him to live in because I feel he needs more room. Due to the sub-zero temps of a Chicago winter, its obvious hes going to have to live inside durring the winter months. Any ideas for an indoor enclosure, or ideas about anything else I have mentioned would be greatly appreciated. I'm open to any and all suggestions. As soon as I can figure out how to put pictures on I will add some of him and his current enclosure.
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