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On Monday I impulsively bought a tortoise based upon research and a desire I have have had and completed 15 years ago as a young teenager. Needless to say I made an uninformed decision, albeit one that I truly feel is leading to a great adventure and I am very excited, although wish I would have found this site prior to my purchase! I bought a sulcata hatchling, whom I have been spoiling since he made it to my house 
I have been reading and reading and reading for the last few days about tortoise's and sulcatas in particular! Thank you so much for this forum and all of the amazing information. I am more in love with tortoise's than I even imagined and I am particularly enamored with sulcatas, BUT do not think that it is fair to keep one in the climate I live in! Just does not seem fair to the little bugger. So I am left with some options. The pet store I bought mine from will take him/her back and sell the little bugger to someone else....but not sure that this is right either as the pet store sold it to me and I can see someone else getting it who may not go online and do the research and then end up with this big turtle they can't care for. (I can hope a more informed buyer than me gets him) So do I keep it until it is too big and then find a better home for it? Although it will break my heart to say goodbye after all that attachment? Or do I find a more suitable tortoise breed for my home? I do want a medium sized tortoise although for an amazing personality and experience I am open to suggestions that may be a little smaller. I live in Minnesota, northern Minnesota at that so cold cold cold! Seems a hermann's or a redfoot would be good, but just want to hear about them and other's opinions. Really Really want to keep this sulcata, but like I said, it just does not seem fair to the turtle.
I have been reading and reading and reading for the last few days about tortoise's and sulcatas in particular! Thank you so much for this forum and all of the amazing information. I am more in love with tortoise's than I even imagined and I am particularly enamored with sulcatas, BUT do not think that it is fair to keep one in the climate I live in! Just does not seem fair to the little bugger. So I am left with some options. The pet store I bought mine from will take him/her back and sell the little bugger to someone else....but not sure that this is right either as the pet store sold it to me and I can see someone else getting it who may not go online and do the research and then end up with this big turtle they can't care for. (I can hope a more informed buyer than me gets him) So do I keep it until it is too big and then find a better home for it? Although it will break my heart to say goodbye after all that attachment? Or do I find a more suitable tortoise breed for my home? I do want a medium sized tortoise although for an amazing personality and experience I am open to suggestions that may be a little smaller. I live in Minnesota, northern Minnesota at that so cold cold cold! Seems a hermann's or a redfoot would be good, but just want to hear about them and other's opinions. Really Really want to keep this sulcata, but like I said, it just does not seem fair to the turtle.
