Yvonne, for these two sulcatas, Maryland and Reister, we pulled off a six day convoy with so many members transporting then handing off two large totes with two large tortoises in hotel and restaurant parking lots. Ha! We paid a trucker to fill in 600 miles In the middle.
We also shipped...
Wow! I was feeling a little bad about my tortoises bathing and drinking from a rain puddle with hail in it. Although it was pretty cute - the idea of them having ice water.
I believe it was 2006-2008 when I brought two large sulcatas from Maryland to Arizona with the help of the National Turtle and Tortoise Trust which was active at that time. I believe some members here will remember that escapade. The tortoises came to Arizona specifically because it was cold and...
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Having been away for ten years I’m interested in current thoughts on shipping. And are we still preferring less humid states for sulcatas?
I second Alliegator. The video was darling, including the very end. I would have said there’s a new smell in the area. Perhaps you have a new cat in the neighborhood?