New Tortoise

[lynn]

Anyone help, I've just acquired a small tortoise, he was unwanted ... I have beardies so don't know much about torts. I think he is a spur thighed tortoise... His shell is around 5 inches long and I was wondering how old he may be. The old owner is unsure of this!!!! ????? .... I have his habitat sorted to make him happy xxx

 

[Jacqui]

Welcome! Before we can help you with your questions, we do need to properly ID him. Can you please post some pictures for us? Thanks!

 

[CLMoss]

Welcome!

 

[dmarcus]

Hello and welcome to the forum...

 

[pdrobber]

welcome

 

[lynnedit]

Welcome! Definitely post some pics:
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread...ur-forum-posts?highlight=Photos#axzz1fxIlgQTL

Lots of good info here. It helps to ID the tort, and also know approximately where you live (to help with inside/outside advice).

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi Lynn:

Welcome to the Tortoise Forum!!

May we know where you are?

You've come to the right place to get help with your new tortoise. We just need to know for sure what kind it is, as there is no "one size fits all" way to take care of tortoises. Each species requires its own special care.

And some people refer to the African Sulcata as a spur thigh, and yet the Greca tortoises are called spur thigh...and these two types of tortoise are extremely different from each other.

 

[Yash Raj]

Welcome.

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Welcome.

 

[lynn]

I'm UK !!!

 

[Zamric]

Welcome to the Forum Lynn!

as has already been stated we need to see your new friend to properly ID him... them we will give you so much info you'll feel like a collage Grad student workin on a thesis!

 

[bubbles01]

Welcome x

 

[evlinLoutries]

Welcome to the forum!

Anyway, u should post ur tort pict, so we can id what tort do u have..

 

[lynn]

Welcome to the forum!

Anyway, u should post ur tort pict, so we can id what tort do u have..

Aaaarrr.... Won't let me put pic on... Saying its too large ????

 

[Yvonne G]

Lynn:

Do you have a Picture Manager program on your computer? You just need to open the picture, change the pixels to a lesser amount and save it. Then you post THAT saved copy of your picture. Otherwise, you can use photobucket.com or tinypic.com, free downloads, add you picture to your account there then copy/paste the

 

[evlinLoutries]

Aaaarrr.... Won't let me put pic on... Saying its too large ????

Resize it..

Or u can use photobucket.com to upload your pict and use img thumb to copy your pict to here..