I've owned tortoises for 7 months and it's been a wonderful time

Rustynavel

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Back in February I saw a cherry head tortoise at Petco, I noticed he had really bad conditions after I looked up his info and let them know. Come about 3 weeks later when I'm in there next I see that the cherry head and started to pyramid. I decided I was gonna buy em, well cuz I couldn't let them ruin his life due to their ignorance. I have never got a pet from them before so he was my first. Took him to the vet to find he had been severely infested with pin worms. Got him treated up and got check ups every 2 weeks for 2 months to track his weight and growth to make sure he was in better shape then before. A short while later I got a baby cherry head from a breeder as I wanted to have a couple of them for a little family. Soon that became a 3rd. I love all of them with my heart and have worked a lot to make their enclosure as perfect as possible. Here's some pics of my little ones! There will be one of when I got him as well to show the drastic change!

The largest is Jelly bean, then peanut butter, and the baby is marmalade!
 

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ZenHerper

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Nice habitat!

They're beauties - make sure you have some kind of quarantine protocol for new animals to make sure they have not come home with any contagious illness. There are several things that reptiles can transmit via air and contact that can be deadly.

Looking forward to see how they grow!
 

Rustynavel

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Nice habitat!

They're beauties - make sure you have some kind of quarantine protocol for new animals to make sure they have not come home with any contagious illness. There are several things that reptiles can transmit via air and contact that can be deadly.

Looking forward to see how they grow!
Oh definitely! All 3 have been together for 3 months, I quarantined each one before Introducing and all have seen the vet.
 

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