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I am Josh. I am the site admin/moderator/what-have-you. I love learning about tortoises and currently care for 2 desert tortoise hatchlings.
Please use this space to introduce yourself (and your tortoises).

Hello!

I have a 4 yr. old Sulcata male, and a 15 yr. old California Desert Tortoise male. I live in Southern California. I hope this website catches on!!!

welcome squirtle!
i, too, live in SoCal. should be perfect weather for the desert tort i might adopt.
what are your tortoises named?

Hi, Great idea...Wow i have already jumped in. This is wonderful i can not hold back my excitement. I have a Sulcata around 4 yrs old, i have had him for 2 years. So much fun.
I cant wait to hear everyones tortoise stories.

  tortoise in bowl.JPG (Size: 376.62 KB / Downloads: 36) Hi just saw an add on the Austin craigslist for this forum so I thought Id sign up. Im going to try to attach a picture of my tortoise when she was about 9 weeks old. She is now about 4 months old. Im looking forward to reading the post on this forum. Thanks

welcome, tortoise mommy and firewoman73. great to have you here!

Hey! I'm in San Diego.
I have 2 Sulcatas, 2 Hermanns, 2 Deserts (1 baby, 1 adult)
I hope this site pops off. I'll post this in the 2 worthless Tortoise Myspace groups I'm in

Bansh88 Wrote:Hey! I'm in San Diego.
I have 2 Sulcatas, 2 Hermanns, 2 Deserts (1 baby, 1 adult)
I hope this site pops off. I'll post this in the 2 worthless Tortoise Myspace groups I'm in

Bansh88 - do you keep your two deserts together? I'm asking because we already have a large older female (about 30 years and 14 inches long) that roams our yard and occasionally our house. We want another and I'm thinking of picking up a young (2yr old 10 inch) male. I'm concerned about how my old lady will do with a new companion.

Welcome to Bansh88 and Kyrazy.
I love hearing about multiple-tortoise-homes. I fully intend on adopting as many tortoises as I can manage once I have enough space for them all to happily roam.

we are in lynnwood washington... due to our rainy weather stoli and ozo stay inside... i have no idea how old they are. i got them from my work. well i got stoli and my friend got ozo... any who... she got bored with ozo and gave her to me... i love her... she loves petts! she stretches out her neck so i can itch her, lol. i wish i knew how to tell their age. because when i had housed them together they were trying to breed. any one know how to tell age?

Hi everyone! I am in Orlando Florida and right now I have 33 turtles and tortoises, the tortoises being 2 sulcata and a russian. I had 4 sulcata until about two months ago...they were all getting to big to have 4 around so two I got from someone up north who couldn't handle them went to a good friend and I still see them. I do still have a two year old male I bought, and a rescue from the Central Florida Zoo who is severly messed up {no fault of the zoo, they found him outside their gates, dropped off} I also have 3 iguanas, 1 blue tongue skink,2 bunnies,1 corn snake and a conure bird. Ask any questions you have and I hope to get to know everyone!

My Sulcata is named Squirt (hence my sign in name!!!) and my Desert Tortoise is name Tomas (or Thomas if you are boring!!!). I also have a Red-Eared Slider that I found injured crawling across the street...her name is RK. For RoadKill. Yes, I have a sick sense of humor.

I had a young Sulcata that escaped before I put an automatic closer on the door to our garage from the back yard. I am still searching for him....it has been 5 weeks. I check the Animal Shelters online every few days, called Casa de Tortuga, and posted on Craigslist. If anyone has any other ideas, please share.

Hi, I am in the Inland Empire, California,
I have 2 Greeks, Ajax and Echo (about 13 yrs according to my reptile vet).
I also have 4 redear sliders, Eeney, Meany, Miney and Bo (they are about 8 months).
Heard about this group on Craigslist.
Glad to be here.

Hello, I am new at this sort of thing. I got this forum from Corvallis,Or. Craig's list and I am excited. I have a baby sulcuta that is about 2 to 4 months old, not sure, I got him from a kid. I also have an Eastern box turtle I also I also got from another kid. I am lookig forward to getting some advise and also seeing what other people talk about.

Welcome Tortmom, Tiffany, Crazy1, and AshleyStoliOzo! Thanks for joining our community