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Hey Everyone,
Here is the story of Tallulah and my grandmother. In 2003, my husband and I were driving in South Florida over a newly tarred road in July at 2 pm in the afternoon when we saw a rather large tortoise running across the hot road. Of course we stopped to make sure it made it across. When we stopped, we noticed it was a redfoot tortoise that was very pyramided.
We posted flyers and did the whole found tort thing with no response. We took her to the vet who promptly chided us on letting the tort get so pyramided. We explained that we found her and she looked like that! He gave her all the meds to clean out all the parasites. We had her for about three years, when my grandmother started asking about getting a tortoise. We had cherryheads and Tallulah. It was a no brainer, my grandmother got Tallulah.
Tallulah is like a dog and follows you around for the sake of following. My grandmother had the perfect patio, part concrete and part plants. She fell in love with Tallulah. She became known as the crazy tortoise lady in her gated community because she started walking Tallulah every day. When Tallulah would knock on the sliding glass door, she was allowed free rein in the house. Luckily she made no messes. Everyone in the family came to terms with the fact that Tallulah was the favorite!
Sadly, my grandmother passed away recently and we have Tallulah back. Again she is surrounded by cherries. I came across some old pics of her when we first found her. I took some new ones today. It is interesting to see the way the new growth grew straight.
Allegra
When we first found her:
Tallulah now (and a pic of my JRT so you can see her size). Don't mind the remnants of paint on her shell, it was non-toxic acrylic paint. My grandmother lost Tallulah one time, luckily a neighbor found her. From that day on, Tallulah got a bumper with the phone number painted on her shell:
Here is a picture of my grandmother and Tallulah:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=11907957&l=f08599116c&id=645945651
Here is the story of Tallulah and my grandmother. In 2003, my husband and I were driving in South Florida over a newly tarred road in July at 2 pm in the afternoon when we saw a rather large tortoise running across the hot road. Of course we stopped to make sure it made it across. When we stopped, we noticed it was a redfoot tortoise that was very pyramided.
We posted flyers and did the whole found tort thing with no response. We took her to the vet who promptly chided us on letting the tort get so pyramided. We explained that we found her and she looked like that! He gave her all the meds to clean out all the parasites. We had her for about three years, when my grandmother started asking about getting a tortoise. We had cherryheads and Tallulah. It was a no brainer, my grandmother got Tallulah.
Tallulah is like a dog and follows you around for the sake of following. My grandmother had the perfect patio, part concrete and part plants. She fell in love with Tallulah. She became known as the crazy tortoise lady in her gated community because she started walking Tallulah every day. When Tallulah would knock on the sliding glass door, she was allowed free rein in the house. Luckily she made no messes. Everyone in the family came to terms with the fact that Tallulah was the favorite!
Sadly, my grandmother passed away recently and we have Tallulah back. Again she is surrounded by cherries. I came across some old pics of her when we first found her. I took some new ones today. It is interesting to see the way the new growth grew straight.
Allegra
When we first found her:
Tallulah now (and a pic of my JRT so you can see her size). Don't mind the remnants of paint on her shell, it was non-toxic acrylic paint. My grandmother lost Tallulah one time, luckily a neighbor found her. From that day on, Tallulah got a bumper with the phone number painted on her shell:
Here is a picture of my grandmother and Tallulah:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=11907957&l=f08599116c&id=645945651
Once we found Tallulah she was put on a proper diet and was hosed down daily. Added with the natural S.FL. humidity, she grew the best she could. She is now happy and healthy despite having the shell deformities. Maybe I'm an optimist, there can always be a happy ending.
