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    Tony the tortoise, does he thrive on wondering or does he hate me?

    I and oh and one more question what are your thoughts on sharpee -ing my telephone number on his shell somewhere on his rear end , I know a lot of ppl who do that to there horses and live stock in case a fire breaks out and they must release them , they are able to be tied back to the owner (...
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    Tony the tortoise, does he thrive on wondering or does he hate me?

    I wish I could attach videos because I have a video where I prop the front gate open and he was just pacing the fence line and I wanted to catch him escaping- we’ll go figure he walked right up to the gate turned and looked me dead in the eye once he saw me watching and then proceeded to...
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    Tony the tortoise, does he thrive on wondering or does he hate me?

    Y yes when I choose him I was surprised he had minimal pyramiding but the abrasions in the top are supposedly heat lamp burns as per the rescue
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    Tony the tortoise, does he thrive on wondering or does he hate me?

    I have two 180# mastiffs and a 60# mix pup that keep the predators at bay- and even though I have the heat lamp in his house I still intend to bring him indoors for the winter season due to frost
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    Tony the tortoise, does he thrive on wondering or does he hate me?

    Oops I meant to say 65# ( but I’d range it 65-75) and I hope it’s sarcasm that he hates me lol but if it wasn’t could you enlighten me on why he would hate someone who is taking care of him. Yes he has a heat lamp in his outside house but he rather burrow under a giant tree stump during the...
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    Tony the tortoise, does he thrive on wondering or does he hate me?

    Attached photos are of one escape route and other of smaller cement made pond next to tortoise house (Blue)
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    Tony the tortoise, does he thrive on wondering or does he hate me?

    Hi there I have a 30 year old sulcata Toritosie named Tony, Weighing in about 45# I adopted him a year ago from a reptile expo, he must have lived in some pretty bad previous conditions because he has a lot of heat lamp damage on his shell. Where I live in Northern California he can be outdoors...
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