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Zookeeper33
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Howdy from Houston
Hello All,
My name is Kate and I work at the Houston Zoo. I recently bought a 3 year old Red Foot named Tessa. I built her a large enclosure in my backyard, with edible landscaping and all the Hibiscus she could ask for. I've worked with Tortoises before, but this is my first time to actually own one, so I'm sure I'll be spending plenty of time on this site! I'm looking forward to meeting you all!
Kate
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jenrell23
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RE: Howdy from Houston
Hello and welcome to TFO, glad to have you here.. Your tort is very cute.
Jen
Burning up in the warm Arizona desert with my tortoises and turtles
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| 04-23-2008 03:40 PM |
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Jacqui
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Hi Kate! Welcome. I always thought it would be pretty neat to work in a zoo (instead of just living in one  ). Do you enjoy it? If Tessa is like my Redfoots, she must be in tortoise heaven with the hibiscus.
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RE: Howdy from Houston
Hi Kate,
Welcome to the forum Just one thing about your Redfoot. Can you take a picture of her head from down on top? It looks like she might have an ear infection on the right hand side.
Danny
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| 04-23-2008 03:59 PM |
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jenrell23
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Oh I missed that, It does look swollen. Good eye Danny!
Jen
Burning up in the warm Arizona desert with my tortoises and turtles
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Dee
2.2 Sulcatas, 2.3 Russians, 0.0.2 Leopards, 1.3 Eastern Box Turtles, 0.3 dogs, 3.2 kids, 1.0 Patient Husband
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Crazy1
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Welcome to the forum Kate and you Tessa is a cutie.
Robyn
Torts are my calming factor! Then we had eggs!
All Greeks, adults (Echo, Ajax, Rusty ), + Comet Still a hatchling & three new Greek hatchlings as of 3-24-08 (Dotsy, LB and DB) + 2 new eggs on 4-20-08, 2 dogs, Fostering 2 DT
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Shawn and Dianne
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Welcome,
Nice to see a fellow zookeeper, I work at Disney's Animal Kingdom. Just curious, did you go to Santa Fe CC? That is where I fell in love with tortoises! Which animals do you work with at Houston?
Dianne
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cvalda
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Welcome! Gorgeous tortoise!!! More pics please! We all LOVE red-foots here!!!!!!!!!
--Kelly--
http://arataday.blogspot.com
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| 04-24-2008 05:21 AM |
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ZippyButter
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Welcome to the Forum, I used to live there, my family is still living in Houston. My wife doesn't want to move back there yet, and she says: "Houston has the largest bugs I've ever seen!". I hope you keep your tort inside...you know what I mean,,,,,,lot of RED ANTS outside.
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