This first picture is Cincinnati. She's a young leopard that was left off over a week-end in a card board box at the door of a class room. She had several green apples in the box with her. The teacher knew that Cincinnati doesn't have the right climate for a desert-type tortoise and she didn't have anyplace to keep the tortoise, so she went online and found my web site. The kids in her (I think it was 5th grade) class named the tortoise Clovis because that's where she was going. However, I usually name rescues according to where they came from, hence, Cincinnati. The teacher and her fiance DROVE all the way from Ohio to Clovis for their vacation, bringing Clovis with them. She was really pretty and about 8lbs. She has since grown rather funny-shaped, and I attribute that to the previous diet of green apples, then changing cold turkey to a diet of only grazing. She now weighs 20lbs.
This next picture is 9 year old Bo. The Aldabrans were hatched in 2000 and so their birthday is, like Thoroughbred race horses, Jan. 1. Bo is taking the sun. I want you to pay particular attention to his tail. I'm pretty sure that Bo is male.
And here is So, also taking the sun. Her tail is so small as to be invisible unless you stand her on her head. I'm equally sure that So is female.
These next two pictures are of Medea. She is a wild caught/long term captive Manouria emys phayrei. As you can almost see behind her, they are sometimes referred to as the 8-legged tortoise because of the huge spurs on their back legs. And YES!! I KNOW!
She needs her beak trimmed!!
And last, but not least...one of the box turtles trying to find a spot of sun. This past week the weather has been in the high 50's and sometimes 60, causing the little guys to start to awaken.
Yvonne
This next picture is 9 year old Bo. The Aldabrans were hatched in 2000 and so their birthday is, like Thoroughbred race horses, Jan. 1. Bo is taking the sun. I want you to pay particular attention to his tail. I'm pretty sure that Bo is male.
And here is So, also taking the sun. Her tail is so small as to be invisible unless you stand her on her head. I'm equally sure that So is female.
These next two pictures are of Medea. She is a wild caught/long term captive Manouria emys phayrei. As you can almost see behind her, they are sometimes referred to as the 8-legged tortoise because of the huge spurs on their back legs. And YES!! I KNOW!
She needs her beak trimmed!!
And last, but not least...one of the box turtles trying to find a spot of sun. This past week the weather has been in the high 50's and sometimes 60, causing the little guys to start to awaken.
Yvonne
