Where is every one from

[yellowfoot]

I live in Illinois. My tortoises have to live indoors for most of the year but do spend as much time outside as possible during the summer.

 

[ChiKat]

Born and raised in the NW suburbs of Chicago. I moved to Southern California almost three weeks ago and I am LOVING IT!!

 

[CourtneyAndCarl]

I live in Nebraska, and all I can say it's the worst possible place to raise a tortoise. Cold, freezing winters that last FOREVER, very sporadic, random falls and springs, and about 3 or 4 months of real summer that is usually too hot to be optimal tortoise temperature.

 

[gossmom]

I'm from Athens Georgia. It great raising turtles and tortoise here. It's humid and we have long hot summers and the winters a mild. All of mine are young so I still kept them in during the winters

 

[Nay]

Massachusetts! My guys are out from about May to Oct (Cept my Ornates, they are out all year!)Then it's lights and timers!

 

[jwhite]

I am from West Milwaukee, WI. It's a littlge village of about 4,000 people right next door to Milwaukee.

 

[kathyth]

Hello
I live in Southern California, Walnut with my 2 Redfoot babies, my Calif. desert tortoise, my Hermanns tortoise and 6 mud turtles.
I love Southern Calif.

Kathy

 

[Deac77]

Im in Midland, Texas

 

[chris_m90731]

Good ole Los Angeles, CA.

 

[cristal redfoot]

I am from Huntington Beach (coastal suburbs) which is in southern california. I only have 1 beautiful baby redfoot.

 

[mchong9606]

Born and raised in Toronto, Canada. Right now I have a 3 year old redfoot and recently bought a 8 year old male eastern box turtle. Both enjoy a separate outdoor enclosure during our warm humid summers.

 

[Terry Allan Hall]

I've lived in The Republic of Tejas for quite a bit of my life, but have temporarily emigrated to the United States a few times (Arkansas for about 18 months, Conneticut for 14 months, and Massachusetts for about a year) and to Toronto, in Canada (almost 3 years).

There are those that consider The Republic to be part of the United States, and mispell it as "Texas"...and we rarely mind (after all, we were blessed by being born in the center of Creation and all that is wonderful)...so, we try to be understanding about such amusing foibles.

And it's a great place to raise tortoises, too.

 

[TheTortoiseWhisperer]

I've lived in The Republic of Tejas for quite a bit of my life, but have temporarily emigrated to the United States a few times (Arkansas for about 18 months, Conneticut for 14 months, and Massachusetts for about a year) and to Toronto, in Canada (almost 3 years).

There are those that consider The Republic to be part of the United States, and mispell it as "Texas"...and we rarely mind (after all, we were blessed by being born in the center of Creation and all that is wonderful)...so, we try to be understanding about such amusing foibles.

And it's a great place to raise tortoises, too.

No, no its not misspelled, it's just a difference of spelling it in English or
in Spanish....just like Havana & Habana, France & Francia, England & Inglaterra<--none are misspelled all just different languages....having clarified that I'm still wondering how all the moves from one place to another has to do with the
original question but ok.

 

[josh21]

Born in puerto rico now live in Tampa Florida and have a almost a 5 month old sulcata. And it's all ways humid and hot.

 

[Terry Allan Hall]

I've lived in The Republic of Tejas for quite a bit of my life, but have temporarily emigrated to the United States a few times (Arkansas for about 18 months, Conneticut for 14 months, and Massachusetts for about a year) and to Toronto, in Canada (almost 3 years).

There are those that consider The Republic to be part of the United States, and mispell it as "Texas"...and we rarely mind (after all, we were blessed by being born in the center of Creation and all that is wonderful)...so, we try to be understanding about such amusing foibles.

And it's a great place to raise tortoises, too.

No, no its not misspelled, it's just a difference of spelling it in English or
in Spanish....just like Havana & Habana, France & Francia, England & Inglaterra<--none are misspelled all just different languages....having clarified that I'm still wondering how all the moves from one place to another has to do with the
original question but ok.

You've got your information backwards...

"Texas" is the Spanish version of the word "Tejas", which refers to one of the indigenous People of the Hasinai (Caddo) confederation, who were native between the Sabine and Trinity rivers in the eastern part of The Republic, and, prior to the invasion by the French and Spanish in the 1680s, a major People, numbering well over 25,000 members.

Later, their name was used to refer to the entire area of what is noe "Texas".

Nowdays, many Tejans live in the area of Oklahoma now referred to as the Caddo Nation, but some still live in their homeland.

The answer initially was to the question asked: Where does everyone live and where a god place to keep tortoises, and The Republic is such a place, as is much of Arkansas, not so much Conneticut, Massachusetts and Toronto.

 

[Jeansie1988]

I live in Hamilton, Ontario Canada! Pretty much the same as others have mentioned in regards to having tortoises in places that get cold. I bought my red foot about a month and a bit ago and she is outside during the summer and i shall be bringing her indoors. My husband has just made her an indoor enclosure.

 

[pemry3]

Great thread! I am from Calgary, Alberta. And well as you can imagine The winters and long and cold, and the summers are short and beautiful.

 

[tami]

I live in Las Vegas Nv... Another great state for keeping Torts!!

 

[LemonShell]

Woonsocket, Rhode island. Not really a great tortoise state...but not the worst

 

[chase thorn]

Colorado Springs, CO